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“It’s very charenuine?”

“This artifact is froia It’s a fine speciht to be from the Hadrianic era”

Re around the roo to the mosaic “I do like this the best I think it would look perfect in my solarium How much?”

“One hundred thousand”

“Dinar?” Remi asked

“Dollars”

“US?” Sam asked in mock disbelief “For a handful of stones set in a chunk of plaster?”

“But I want it,” Remi said

“Will you take fifty?” Sam asked Karim

“I’o as low as seventy-five”

“Is it stolen?” Remi asked

“Madame, I assure you the provenance is without question”

Remi furrowed her brow “That’s not what I asked I need to kno to declare this for Customs”

“What s out of one country and into another, as I’m sure you’re aware, can sometimes be problematic”

“Of course With the purchase, we’d be willing to provide a receipt with a separate cash value—and, if need be, a letter of authenticity froinal reproduction”