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....he  had been walking  for some time and must have walked five  or six miles unseeing,  only when someone asked what the time was and he mechanically answered ten to seven he realized  he had reached some unknown area , for the past one decade he had lived around yet never been  here before,  debating whether to go back or go home he saw a small shop that attracted his attention,  in the window were carved stones, he decided to find out what was the shop selling