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If the daughter chose the white pebble, the debt would be also wiped, but the daughter would not have to marry the loan-shark.
The latter being the desirable outcome for both daughter and businessman.
As the loan-shark picked up the two pebbles, the daughter noticed that he had picked up two black stones, in an attempt to guarantee his plan.
The daughter then had three choices:
1) Refuse altogether to pick any pebble from the bag.
2)Expose the two black pebbles and loan-shark for cheating.
3)Pick a pebble, which would determine her horrid fate.
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