The coins are strange, but she gingerly takes them into her hand, one at a time, to do an initial judgement of the weight. She then produces a small scale and a gold coin from two different pouches on her person. After setting up the scale, she places her gold coin on one side and then tests each of the gold coins Schön provided on the other. The weights are even when she tests them. Satisfied, Amelia returns her coin and scale to her pouches and then places her hand over the notebook. Her eyes slowly make their way up Schön's thin frame to meet his own.

"Shall I be going, then?"