A 12-year-old girl and her mother are in London for anappointment with the dentist. It starts raining,as they leave forhome. They don't have an umbrella and so they decide to get a taxi.While they're waiting for a cab,an old man approaches them askingfor a favour. The girl's mother is very suspicious of strange men.The old man explains that he has forgotten his wallet and wants tosell them his umbrella.
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He says that he is too tired to walk backhome and wants a pound to hire a taxi. He tries to tempt the motherby offering his silk umbrella worth twenty pounds at a throwawayprice. The mother likes the sound of the deal, but the little girlfeels that she is talking undue advantage of the old man. Sensingher daughter's disapproval,the mother offers to pay for the cab,buthe insists that they take the umbrella.
The transaction is made andeveryone is happy.As the mother boasts of her ability to judge peoplecorrectly,the daughter draws her attention to the old man,who hasquickly crossed the street and is hurrying away. They suspect theold man's intentions and decide to follow him.
He rushes throughthe rainy streets. They follow him to a pub called'The Red Lion'and watch through the window, as the old man entres and uses thepound to buy'a treble whisky'. The dughter finds the drink prettyexpensive as it has cost the old man a twenty-pound silk umbrella.After his drink,the old man goes to retrieve his coat and hat andcasually picks a wet umbrella from the coat-rack. He walks back tothe street ans sells the umbrella to another unsuspecting person.He then heads off in another direction for another pub.The mother realises the old man's game. The daughter exclaims inhorror that he could be doing this all night. The mother agrees asshe says,'But I'll bet he prays like mad for rainy days'.