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"Yes, sir" Yaeger checked his file "The operations on all tour islands are either owned or run by Dorsett Consolidated Mining Limited of Sydney, Australia Second only to De Beers as the world's largest diamond producer"

Pitt felt as if someone had walked up and suddenly punched him in the stomach "Arthur Dorsett," he said quietly, "the chair, happens to be the father of the tomen A1 and I rescued in the Antarctic"

"Of course," said Gunn, suddenly seeing the light "Deirdre Dorsett" Then a quizzical look came into his eyes "But the other lady, Maeve Fletcher?"

"Deirdre's sister, who took an ancestral grandmother's name," explained Pitt

Only Giordino saw the humor "They went to an awful lot of trouble to meet us"

Sandecker shot hi look and turned to Pitt "This strikes me as more than a mere coincidence"

Giordino ca what one of the world's richest dias cahters"

"We uise," said Gunn "If Dorsett'soperations are soue, Dirk and A1 have the credentials to walk up to his front door and ask questions The rateful father"

"From what I know of Arthur Dorsett," said Sandecker, "he's so reclusive, he won the her operations, Dorsett's properties are heavily guarded against thievery and sranted an interview to the newsabout a very private hters'

lives will uy He's as hard-nosed as they come"

Yaeger raphic chart "People are dying out there Surely he'll listen to reason should his operations be somehow responsible"

"Arthur Dorsett is a foreign national with an immense power base" Sandecker spoke slowly "We have to consider hi until we have proof For all we know at the e is a product of nature As for us, we're coh official channels

That'swith the State Department and the Australian ambassador

They can set up a dialogue with Arthur Dorsett and request his cooperation in an investigation"

"That could take weeks," argued Yaeger