The diamond merchant who bought them for an …

Comment posted BAA flogs Dowager Duchess of Argyll’s lost jewellery by Robert Wakeham.

The diamond merchant who bought them for an alleged £5,000 was, of course, a person of the highest integrity, a pillar of the community, and entirely unaware of the true worth of the gems – and that they would therefore undoubtedly have been sorely missed by their real owner. My heart goes out to this poor character.

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