One of the quickest and most satisfactory methods of selling rough gems, such as those you have in your hand, Chief, is to offer them directly to the men who deal in them.

I went to Mr.Henry Latham, and other jewelers of New York, on behalf of Mr.Kellner, and offered them a quantity of diamonds.

It may be that they regarded the quantity I offered as unusual; that I don't know, but I would venture the conjecture that they did." He paused a moment.

Mr.Czenki's face, again growing expressionless, was turned toward the light of the window; Chief Arkwright was studying it shrewdly.
"Diamond merchants, of course, have to be careful," the young man went on smoothly.

"They can't afford to buy whatever is offered by people whom they don't know.