Dearest Princess
Yet immediately after, the gem cutter shouted abruptly, "Oh, no! There are cracks! He lost the bet."
When he heard those words, the jewelry merchant denied it, "There's no way!"
Winston was still laughing and could not react to the sudden change.
He rushed to the gem cutter's side and peeked inside the gemstone. He was stunned.
Indeed, it was an Imperial Opal. It had a glass-like transparency too.
But it was full of cracks, which made it impossible to be polished, or else it would break into pieces.
The crowd began chattering about the failure; the jewelry merchant collapsed as well. He sat on the wet and rocky floor. He murmured, "How can that be? How can that be?"
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