If you have not thrown it away, as you most likely have, he wishes to redeem it with this opal....

a gem surely more fit for such a hand as that.' 'He gave me the agate, and I shall keep it.' 'But this opal--worth, oh, worth ten thousand gold pieces--in exchange for that paltry broken thing not worth one ?' 'I am not a dealer, like you, and have not yet learnt to value things by their money price.

It that agate had been worth money, I would never have accepted it.' 'Take the ring, take it, my darling,' whispered Theon impatiently; 'it will pay all our debts.' 'Ah, that it will--pay them all,' answered the old woman, who seemed to have mysteriously overheard him.
'What!--my father! Would you, too, counsel me to be so mercenary?
My good woman,' she went on, turning to Miriam, 'I cannot expect you to understand the reason of my refusal.

You and I have a different standard of worth.

But for the sake of the talisman engraven on that agate, if for no other reason, I cannot give it up.' 'Ah! for the sake of the talisman! That is wise, now! That is noble! Like a philosopher! Oh, I will not say a word more.