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"Accordingly," said Boots, "it seems to me more likely that the guards would manage to overlook the matter, and turn over the stone to the next watch, as though nothing were amiss, thus letting the next watch, or the next, and so on, worry about the matter. - (Magicians of Gor, Chapter 23, Sentence #296)

"But think," said Boots. "If you were in the guard, and you discovered that the stone was fraudulent, surely you would fear either that the stone had been stolen in your watch, or would be thought to have been stolen in your watch". "Yes!" I said. "Accordingly," said Boots, "it seems to me more likely that the guards would manage to overlook the matter, and turn over the stone to the next watch, as though nothing were amiss, thus letting the next watch, or the next, and so on, worry about the matter. Certainly it would be embarrassing, if not absolutely dangerous, to have the substitution discovered during, or at the end of, one's own watch". "You are a clever fellow, Boots," I said. "Also, the guards are mostly fellows of Ar," said Boots. - (Magicians of Gor)