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"What's your excuse for not stopping theoperations?"

"To mine h he were studying a specimen in a jar "In a feeeks I willthear can afford"

"You don't strike me as the charitable type"

"Dia but bits of carbon Their only practical asset is they happen to be the hardest substance known toof h rock Did you know the namèdiamond' comes from the Greek, Mr Pitt? It means indomitable

The Greeks, and later the Romans, wore them as protection from wild beasts and human enemies Their women, however, did not adore dia off evil spirits, they were used as a test for adultery And yet when it coet the same sparkle from crystal"

As Dorsett spoke of dia pulse in the side of his neck gave away his deep feeling on the subject He talked as if he had suddenly risen to a higher plane that few could experience

"Are you also aware that the first diaiven by Archduke Ferdinand of Austria to Mary of Burgundy in the year 1477, and the belief that the 'vein of love' runs directly froer of the left hand was a ypt?"

Pitt stared back with unconcealed contelut of uncut stones being held in warehouses throughout South Africa, Russia and Australia to inflate false values I also know the cartel, essentially a monopoly directed by De Beers, fixes the price So how is it possible for one e the entire syndicate and cause a sudden, drastic drop of prices on the diamond market?"

"The cartel will play right into my hands," said Dorsett conte coo around them and merchandise their stones on the opento co itself in a no-

win situation, eventually returned to the fold I' on the cartel to repeat their act By the ti ard for earnings, it will be too late for them to react The market will have collapsed"

"What percentage is there in do a depressed market?"

"I' the market, Mr Pitt I want to kill it for all time"

Pitt noticed that Dorsett didn't gaze right at him but fixed his eyes i a vision only he could see "If I read you correctly, you're cutting your own throat"

"It sounds that way, doesn't it?" Dorsett lifted a finger at Pitt "Exactly what I wanted everyone to think, even hters The truth of the reat sum of money"

"How?" Pitt asked, his interest aroused