Hi Anton -- on May 17 2020 at 23:58, you wrote:

AS> Shall we conclude that the writer no longer possessed the said the
AS> ring when he put his tale on paper? Should you want to read the
AS> paragraph in context, here is the full story:

No, I don't think so. The next paragraph clearly says he brought it out
and used it. There's no further reference after he uses it, so we've no
knowledge of it being disposed of or kept.

Cheers... Dallas

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