"Yes, gentlemen, this is truly is the highlight of my collection," I said, indicating the desk in the middle of the office. "Thomas Jefferson's own design, with triple reciprocating fully reversible inkwell. Rare in itself, but it was acquired at the first -- and to date only -- White House Yard Sale."
"Yard sale?" said Herr von Slumpf. "Really?"
"Indeed," I said. "The proceeds of which were intended to fund a moat, I believe. Nothing came of it, alas; the National Archives interfered in some way, though not before I managed to make away with this prize -- which, incidentally, I later found to contain an ice cream scoop in a concealed drawer. Research suggests it was used by President Nixon. Let us move on..."
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