The professor had called at nine stores for his lost walking
stick and had found it the tenth.

"Thank you so much indeed," he beamed, as he took possession
of it.

"Do you know, this must be one of the few honest places in
town? I''ve asked at nine other places, and in each I was told
they didn''t have it."

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* take possession of : ~을 손에 넣다, 점유하다
* beam : 방긋 웃다
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잃어버린 지팡이를 찾아 상점 아홉군데를 헤매고다닌 교수는 열번째
로 간곳에서 그것을 찾았다.

"이거 정말 고맙습니다"라며 그는 좋아했다.

"이렇게 정직한 데는 별로 없나봅니다. 난 아홉군데나 찾아갔는데 하나
같이 모른답니다."