A few minutes later Mr. Boggis was driving his old car towards the farm. As he drove he thought about the high expectations and dreams of glory and fame that he would get to return to London with the great discovery he had made. He always would remember the easy way of deceiving to Mr. Rummins, Claud, and Bert; the last people that he would deceived, because when his shop was known as one of the best antique shops around London he could not continue their deceptions. As he crossed the yard in his car Mr. Boggis blessed the good fortune that he had of arriving at this isolated place.
While he got out of car, he continued thinking about the beautiful day, the soft breeze, the warm sun´s rays, and the years that he would from that moment. Mr. Boggis everything around him was beautiful, it was perfect. Despite the poor condition of the farm for Mr. Boggis was a palace whose treasures he would get.
As he was approaching the house Mr Boggis began to feel like your heart beat a hasty manner, he began to feel a slight tightness in the chest and weakness in his legs; he thought that it was due to the excitement of his great discovery. Before he had felt a little discomfort but he thought that it was a slight cold; now he felt a tightness in the chest that grew little by little, he thought it was the tension of the moment. It was in that moment when he saw Rummins, Claude and Robert, who were sitting on the porch of the house next a stacked wood; Mr Boggis thought: "Maybe they wanted to give wood as gift for the church in which I worked".
Mr. Boggis walked slowly; he was observing everything the path way to the house, to look again closely at the men, he thought that something was happening. He saw to Mr. Rummins with a twinkle in his eyes and a satisfaction´s face and an air of complicity in Claude and Robert, as he was approaching an idea crossed his mind, he thought that the men had discovered the trap and they wanted to earn for more money for the commode, Slowly the ideas revolved around of his mind, he was looking for the perfect solution if the case was that, he saw the quality of wood and a fleeting thought was built in your mind, the wood was the same type and quality of the commode; so he turned for looking around where the men were, and he discovered with horror the legs of his precious commode. He could not believe the fate that he had; he had many dreams that he had imagined about his discovery, now all those dreams were broken, He lost all hope, all the glory he had hoped to obtain was fading like fog. Now all the dreams that he imagined were lost.
Good morning again, reverend - said Claud.
Good morning, gentlemen - said Mr. Boggis - I have come to seek the commode, as you can see the vehicle is large, so the commode can fit into the vehicle - Mr Boggis said with a different tone of voice.
Reverend, you do not worry - said Bert- we think that already, as you only wanted to use the legs of commode. Here you have the legs and the rest of the commode is those pieces of wood.
We cut the rest of the commode for that you can use for the fireplace - said Mr. Rummins- you know that the price of wood is very expensive in the winter.
Is not possible! – said Mr. Boggis – I wanted the commode!
Sorry reverend, but you were interested only in the legs of the commode – said Bert- and you have the legs of the commode here, we are generous and for that we gave the rest of the commode for you use it.
You don´t understand! – said Mr. Boggis - I wanted to take the commode to a carpenter, he would do the complete job.
Reverend, you never told us that - said Mr. Rummins - we only wanted to help you.
While Mr Boggis thought about the irony of fate, He began to feel a deep pain in chest and his heart began to beat a hasty manner, he did not understand what was happening; he only understood that his life was completely ruined and these men were guilty, now he only wanted to leave of that place and never return.
As Claud, Bert, and Mr. Rummins understood that the Reverend really wanted the commode and they had destroyed it, they thought that the commode will not be used for anything else, so they decided to sell the commode to a price much cheaper to the reverend. Also they noticed that the reverend was really unwell, they saw his face and they noticed that the Reverend was really bad.
Well reverend, like you wanted the commode, here it is - said Mr. Rummins - as you did not tell us the truth we thought was right to cut the commode.
Yes, I understand - said Mr Boggis with a creepy tone- I really told you that I know my responsibilities.
Reverend do not worry - Claude said - we will fall the price of the furniture.
While Mr Boggis was listening, suddenly he felt an intense pain in his chest, and he remembered something that his doctor told him about his heart, while the pain was more intense he remembered all the damage that he caused to people with his deceptions. In that moment he knew that he would not have time to redeem himself that his life would end in that moment.
Claud, Mr. Rummins and Bert could not believe what they were seeing. The Reverend was falling slowly to the ground. In that moment they heard a few words they would never forget in their lives.
Sorry - said Mr Boggis with his last breath and closed his eyes slowly.
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