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Updated: June 13, 2025
But in spite of his bleary eyes, the man caught sight of some patches on the uppers of one pair, and pushed them away from him. "Give me something better than that. I can pay for it. I don't have to wear patched shoes," he grunted. Goldstamm didn't like the looks of the man, but he felt that he had better be careful and not make him angry.
It was this yellow thread on the purse, which he happened to see by chance, that showed the dealer Goldstamm who it was that had entered his store." Knoll stood quite silent, staring at the floor. Drops of perspiration stood out on his forehead, some of them rolling like tears down his cheek. The commissioner rose from his seat and walked slowly to where the prisoner stood.
Had Goldstamm not known whom he had before him now, he would have been very much astonished at this, and might perhaps have been sorry that he had not named a higher sum. But under the circumstances he understood only too well the man's desire to get away, and would much rather have had some talk as to the payment, anything that would keep his customer a little longer in his store.
"I think there's something there," answered the old man in his usual businesslike tone, leading the way into the store. The stranger followed. Goldstamm lit the one light in the little place and groped about in an untidy heap of shoes of all kinds and sizes until he found several pairs that he thought might fit. These he brought out and put them in front of his customer.
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