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With a dazed face the banker made out the required check. Holmes walked over to his desk, took out a little triangular piece of gold with three gems in it, and threw it down upon the table.
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With a shriek of joy our client clutched it up.
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"You have it!" he gasped. "I am saved! I am saved!"
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The reaction of joy was as passionate as his grief had been, and he hugged his recovered gems to his bosom.
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"There is one other thing you owe, Mr. Holder," said Sherlock Holmes rather sternly.
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"Owe!" He caught up a pen. "Name the sum, and I will pay it."
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"No, the debt is not to me. You owe a very humble apology to that noble lad, your son, who has carried himself in this matter as I should be proud to see my own son do, should I ever chance to have one.
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