The possession of this piece of good fortune cheered Neangir up a little , ` for , ' thought he , ' I can sell these jewels for at least a thousand sequins , and that will certainly last me till I have found my father . ' And consoled by this reflection he laid both watches beside him and prepared to sleep . In the middle of the night he awoke suddenly and heard a soft voice speaking , which seemed to come from one of the watches . ` Aurora , my sister , ' it whispered gently . ` Did they remember to wind you up at midnight ? ' ` No , dear Argentine , ' was the reply . ` And you ? ' ` They forgot me , too , ' answered the first voice , ` and it is now one o'clock , so that we shall not be able to leave our prison till to-morrow -- if we are not forgotten again -- then . ' ` We have nothing now to do here , ' said Aurora . ` We must resign ourselves to our fate -- let us go . ' Filled with astonishment Neangir sat up in bed , and beheld by the light of the moon the two watches slide to the ground and roll out of the room past the cats ' quarters . He rushed towards the door and on to the staircase , but the watches slipped downstairs without his seeing them , and into the street . He tried to unlock the door and follow them , but the key refused to turn , so he gave up the chase and went back to bed . The next day all his sorrows returned with tenfold force . He felt himself lonelier and poorer than ever , and in a fit of despair he thrust his turban on his head , stuck his sword in his belt , and left the house determined to seek an explanation from the merchant who had sold him the silver watch . When Neangir reached the bazaar he found the man he sought was absent from his shop , and his place filled by another Jew . ` It is my brother you want , ' said he ; ` we keep the shop in turn , and in turn go into the city to do our business . ' ` Ah ! what business ? ' cried Neangir in a fury .
` You are the brother of a scoundrel who sold me yesterday a watch that ran away in the XXXXX .
Argentine Aurora Neangir beheld chase first left midnight night o'clock