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THE MONEY-LENDER



Many years ago, when a person who owed money could be thrown into prison, a merchant in London had the misfortune to owe a huge sum to a money-lender. The money-lender, who was old and ugly, wanted to marry the merchant's beautiful daughter. He proposed a bargain. He said he would cancel the merchant's debt if he could have the girl instead.



Both the merchant and his daughter were horrified at the proposal. So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Fate decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black stone and a white one into an empty bag and then the girl would have to pick out one of the stones. If she chose the black stone she would become his wife and her father's debt would be cancelled. If she chose the white stone she would stay with her father and the debt would still be cancelled. But if she refused to pick out a stone her father would be thrown into prison and she would starve.



The merchant agreed. The money-lender picked up two stones. As he picked up the stones the girl noticed that he picked up two black stones, put them into the bag and asked the girl to pick out one. The girl put her hand into the bag and drew out a stone. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall to the path where it was immediately lost among all the others. "Oh, clumsy of me", she said, "but never mind - if you look into your bag, you will be able to tell which one I took.