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Dimitri Wrote to Pat Offering to Sell His Neo-Expressionist Painting

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Dimitri wrote to Pat offering to sell his neo-expressionist painting, "Red Sails in the Sunset," for $25,000. Pat replied that, since it would require that he redecorate, he could not really pay more than $18,000 for the painting. Dimitri replied that he was greatly hurt and deeply insulted by such an offer, especially from someone who was supposed to be a connoisseur of fine art, but that, since he was a little tight for cash, he would be willing to let it go to Pat for $13,000 for old times' sake. Pat immediately replied, saying that he accepted the painting at $13,000 and enquiring whether Dimitri wanted it in cash. Dimitri then realized that he had typed "$13,000" instead of "$23,000" in his second letter to Pat.


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