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Dorsett allowed a satanic grin to display his grotesque teeth "The answer lies not in diaemstone market"

"My God, I see what this is all about," said Maeve as if witnessing a revelation "You're out to corner the market on colored stones"

She began to shiver froy leather jacket and draped it around her shoulders

Dorsett nodded "Yes, Daughter During the last twenty years, your wise old father has stockpiled his dia up claieh a complex forhty percent of the market"

"By colored gemstones," said Pitt, "I assume you mean rubies and emeralds"

"Indeed, and a host of other precious stones, including sapphire, topaz, tourmaline and amethyst

Almost all are far more scarce than diamonds The deposits of tsavorite, red beryl or red e increasingly difficult to find A nuht by collectors and are very seldom made into jewelry"

"Why haven't the prices of colored stones matched that of diamonds?" asked Pitt

"Because the diaed to push color into the shadows," Dorsett told him with the fervor of a zealot "For decades, De Beers has spent enorh-powered research to study and survey internationalan ie of eternal value To keep prices fixed, De Beers created a de supply And so the web of ih the gift of a dian that reached its peak with the slogan, `Dia with his hands for effect "Because colored ge and selling against each other, there has been no unified organization to promote colored stones The trade has suffered froe all that after the price of diaes"

"So you've jumped in with both feet"

"Not only will I produce colored stones from the mines," declared Dorsett, "but unlike De Beers, I will cut and h the House of Dorsett, my chain of stores on the retail market

Sapphires, eh, they will oddess Jewelry will have achieved a new splendor Even the faoldslorious than diamonds"

It was a staggering concept, and Pitt carefully considered the possibilities before he asked, "For decades woht the idea that diamonds have an undeniable tie to courtship and a lifetime relationship Do you really think you can switch their desire from diamonds to colored stones?"

"Why not?" Dorsett was surprised that Pitt could express doubt "The notion of a dia did not take hold until the late 1800s All it takes is a strategy to revamp social attitudes

I have a top creative advertising agency with offices in thirty countries ready to launch an international pron in unison with my operation to send the cartel down the drain When I'eround settings '