March 4th, 2008, 11:23 AM
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[DESMOND awakes back in the stairwell. He gets up, and runs down.]
[He comes to an auction.]
AUCTIONEER: The Black Rock set sail from Portsmith England on March 22, 1845 on a trading mission to the kingdom of Siam, when she was tragically lost at sea. The only known artifact of this journey was the journal of the ship's first mate, which was discovered among the artifacts of pirates on the Ile Sante-Marie off the coast of Madagascar seven years later. The contents of this journal have never been made public, or known to anyone outside the family of the seller, Tovard Hanso. We open the bidding on lot 2342 at 150,000 pounds. 150,000, sir. For 160? Do I hear one six- 160, sir. 170, sir. 180 on the phone. 200,000 pounds. 220,000 pounds, 240? 260,000 pounds, sir. 280? On the phone I have 300,000...320. 340,000 pounds. 360? 380...
[DESMOND attempts to enter.]
SUITED GUARD: This auction's reservation only, sir.
DESMOND: Listen, brotha, I just need to speak to that gentleman, just for a moment, okay?
SUITED GUARD: I'm sorry.
AUCTIONEER: Sold, for 380,000 pounds to bidder 755. Thank you.
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Here is the transcript of the auction.
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So many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
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