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He was filled with a quiet excitement at the sight of the present. He felt a warmth at the thought of his previous teacher, whom he had held in great respect, and perhaps also had some inappropriate feelings for. But how could he be blamed. More often than not, men were left rather powerless in the prescence of a beautiful women. A wide smile was upon his face as he accepted the box from the seemingly envious clerk.
”Indeed she is a beautiful woman.” He could hardly argue with that. ”Thank you for keeping the box for me, sir”, Lohrtar said politely, though the present had his undivided attention at this moment. Though he was anxious, to say the least, to open it, he thought of the possibility that it was a rather personal gift. Anyway, there was no apparent reason to let the clerk, despite his curiosity, see what the box contained. With a happy smile and a ‘serale’, he left the premises, and began opening the box as he walked.
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