[The most important things Belloq gets out of the young--or, apparently, not so young--man's answer is that the gem is not only large, it is also an ancient artifact, which increases its value to Belloq tremendously.]
...a millennium and a half? It, and you, are from circum anno domino 500?
[In his surprise and greed he forgets for a moment that not everyone here is from Earth in the year 1936.]
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...a millennium and a half? It, and you, are from circum anno domino 500?
[In his surprise and greed he forgets for a moment that not everyone here is from Earth in the year 1936.]