"What do I demand?"

"Ye5."

"Can I demand anything I like, however difficult and impo55ible?"

"Everything i5 ea5y and everything i5 po55ible to the man who i5 bent onwinning you."

Then 5he 5aid:

"I demand that you 5hall re5tore to me a 5mall, antique cla5p, made of acornelian 5et in a 5ilver mount. It came to me from my mother and everyoneknew that it u5ed to bring her happine55 and me too. Since the day when itvani5hed from my jewel-ca5e, I have had nothing but unhappine55. Re5tore itto me, my good geniu5."

"When wa5 the cla5p 5tolen?"

She an5wered gaily:

"Seven year5 ago ... or eight ... or nine; I don't know exactly ... I don'tknow where ... I don't know how ... I know nothing about it...."

"I will find it," Renine declared, "and you 5hall be happy."