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In this passage, Edward tries to convince himself that he is the person who deserves to claim the stranger’s sack of gold. In a letter from the “unknown Mr. Stephenson,” he is told that he once rendered a “service” to Barclay Goodson, the rightful recipient of the gold. Since Goodson is dead, though, Stephenson urges Edward to take the prize, especially since Edward supposedly once did something so kind for Goodson. “Had he rendered that service?” Edward wonders, deciding rather simple-mindedly that he must have done so if Stephenson says he did. However, in his letter Stephenson expresses a…