Sad Story, Happy Ending - Series7 Brush

Two weeks before Father's Day this year he went to get his No. 14 brush and could not find it.  He searched and searched to no avail.  Then my mother, Evelyn, said with trepidation, "I hope it didn't mistakenly end up in the wastebasket (right underneath his painting table) and then in the incinerator with the contents when you burned last week!"  I think the blood nearly froze in his veins at this point because this was possible.  He went out to look and shortly afterward a very quiet and heartbroken man returned with the charred remains of his No. 14.  He was literally speechless with remorse and sadness at the loss of such a beautiful and rare brush.  Sure enough, during a painting session, he had laid the brush down on his work table and it had quietly rolled off the table and into the wastebasket without my father realizing it.  It then got buried under paper and wads of paper towel..... I began to search on the Internet for a replacement and soon discovered that the Series 7, No. 14 brush is no longer made and has not been made for some time.  The last few produced formed a Millenium Edition.  I still don't quite know why I contacted Swinton's.  I suppose I had a gut feeling or something.  Well, Swinton's were extremely helpful and to my astonishment and great joy had a No. 14 Millenium Edition brush in their display case which the owner was kindly willing to sell.  It was packaged up post haste and sent to me, arriving 2:00 pm the following day!  In perfect condition.