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D: "Beautiful scarab. Very precious"U.A. "Ah"D. "I buy them for English Officer: beautiful scarab. Now he go to Suez Canal. I sell cheap"U.A. "Very cheap?"D. "Yes very cheap. Sell now, lose plenty money Sir"U.A. "Oh don't do that. Try & make a little profit" D. "No Sir No profit. Here look beautiful scarab for 5 pounds"U.A. "But is it really worth 5 piastres"D. "Piastres. Ach no no no 5 pounds"U.A. "What per dozen?"D. "No no no 5 pound for one beautiful Scarab"U.A. "You must be a fine humorist. ha ha"D. Not ha ha. This beautiful scarab is 3000 years old. Time of Rameses II"U.A. " Yes too old. Got any nice new ones?"D. "No no. Not new. Old very valuable. 3000 years"
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