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24 asked me first what I had about me, and began by taking my watch and my purse, then, perceiving a ring on the finger of the hand which was wounded and much swollen, he tried to take it off, but finding this impossible by gentle means, he put my finger into his mouth, and would have infallibly bit it off, if, seized with indignation, I had not repulsed him, taken off the ring with great difficulty and pain, and thrown it in his face. My officer then from being a thief became my valet, and began to undress me; he took off