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Believing her guardian angel, the maiden appeared in the public square at the appointed hour. The landlord was waiting for her, a smug grin on his face. With everyone in the village present, it was a suspenseful moment.

The landlord presented the maiden with the bag, which she cheerfully accepted. She then promptly reached into the bag and pulled out a marble, being careful that no one there would see it in her closed hand. She quickly placed the marble into her own purse, then took the bag of remaining marbles and emptied it onto the public square, in full view of everyone.

There was not a red marble to be seen! Thus, it was logical that the marble she had pulled out and placed into her purse was indeed the red one!

The landlord could not ask her to produce the marble from her purse, as this would make it clear that he had cheated and there had never been a red marble in the bag in the first place.

And the three wicked witches of the other direction were foiled in their scheme, and had to content themselves with churning their cauldron together for all eternity!

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