“You can have the necklace,” she said. “The stone is genuine. I was waiting for the right person. You are it.”At the time I thought it was a game they were playing. To push the price up.“Most citrine stones are yellow but this one is rare. It was mined hence the unusual color,” the older woman said, adding to my theory.“Then, I’m sure it will be too expensive for me,” I said.““Not from the clothes and jewelry you are wearing,” she said. There was no smile on her face. “but I said you can have it.”“How much?”She motioned to the younger woman who went to the window and brought it out to show me up close. If I had been drawn to it outside now I was up close it seemed to leap out to me.The older woman, put a pair of gloves on, took it and hung it around my head. When I touched the stone with my fingers my head felt dizzy but instantly stopped when I let go.I asked again the price.“Make me an offer.”If it had been quartz the price would have been between $10 and $100 depending on the. " A voyage?" Yes, will you agree to take me to Yokohama?"The sailor leaned on the railing, opened his eyes wide, and said, "Is your honour joking?" No. I have missed the Carnatic, and I must get to Yokohama by the 14th at the latest, to take the boat for San Francisco." I am sorry," said the sailor; "but it is impossible." I offer you a hundred pounds per day, and an additional reward of two hundred pounds if I reach Yokohama in time." Are you in earnest?" Very much so."The pilot walked away a little distance, and gazed out to sea, evidently struggling between the anxiety to gain a large sum and the fear of venturing so far. Fix was in mortal suspense.Mr. Fogg turned to Aouda and asked her, "You would not be afraid, would you, madam?" Not with you, Mr. Fogg," was her answer.The pilot now returned, shuffling his hat in his hands."Well, pilot?" said Mr. Fogg."Well, your honour," replied he, "I could not risk myself, my men, or my little boat of scarcely twenty tons on so long a voyage.
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