The Lemniscates

4. Diane Montebois, Siem and Sidney.

- What are we doing here? I thought we were shopping.

- We're doing it.

- When you told me you were going to New York, I didn't thought about that.

- I just have a little something to buy.

- Yes, the highlight of the sale. We just have to wait hours watching antiques.

- You can buy something, Sid.

- I'm not like you. I don't have a lot of cash. I still have to work! In addition, all this for a gun!

- Not just any gun! It's Ezekiel's!

- And...?

- Don't you know him?

- No. Should I?

- Duh, yeah, a little! He's really famous. They say he reinvented white magic. They even say that he purified the souls of his enemies with his colt. He also went on a crusade against witches!

- It's Fortunate Jule didn't come.

- He's long dead and Juliette is not a "bad" witch.

- Mmm ...

- What, Siem?

- The story of Ezekiel happened around the 1780s?

- Yeah...

- I met him in Chicago in 1853 at an exhibition. He was always in his thirties.

- Wait, you mean he might still be alive? How was he?

- Gruff.

- Oh, my God, it's huge.

- Anyway, if that's his colt. Doesn't that mean he's dead?

- Nah, Sid. In 1785, Ezekiel in his witch hunt arrived in New York. There, his colt was robbed by Jason Ekart, a petty thief. Ezekiel found him quickly afterward. We do not know all the details but Jason convinced Ezekiel to leave him his colt. From here begins the story of Ekart and his exploits. I would spare you the stories of Ezekiel and Ekart. Anyway, one day someone stole the colt. He looked for for it for three years before finally getting it back. A great story, this one too. Ekart died of a flu when in was 53 years old.

- Are you so sure this is the right colt?

- Pretty much. I feel great beneficial power from here. But what confirms my idea is who put it on the sale.

- Let me guess: The grand-grand-grand-grandson of Ekart?

- Pretty much. Melody Cohen. The last descendant of Ekart. She decided to sell the family colt to pay for her house. She knows the legend but not its real value.

- If she knew, she maybe could even buy a mansion.

- I would have it. That's certain.

- And after: Shopping! I spotted a pair of boots and there is no way I'll let it slip!