Soul Music - Diamond Teeth

Lias sighed and straightened up. There was a distant look in his eyes for a moment, and then he hit himself on the jaw. He fumbled around inside his mouth with a finger and then produced Imp stared.

'Here, let me have a look,' said Glod. He snatched the thing from Lias's unprotesting fingers and examined it carefully. 'Hey! Fifty carats at least!'

'I'm not taking that,' said the old woman. 'It's been in a troll's mouth!'

'You eat eggs, don't you?' said Glod. 'Anyway, everyone knows trolls' teeth are pure diamond.'

The old woman took the tooth and examined it by candlelight.

'If I took it along to one of those jewellers in Nonesuch Street they'd tell me it's worth two hundred dollars,' said Glod.

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Soul Music - p27-28