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Ch. 5: Sapphires in my Life

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Sapphires in My Life
AT about this time my parents received an offer from an important firm of dealers in precious stones in London, and thus gained an exclusive buying agency for Austria-Hungary. This meant, of course, that a certain amount of preliminary business had to be done in England. Who should go, father or mother? There was much argument about the matter. Finally it was de­cided that my mother should make the journey. Not only had she the better business head of the two; she had also a fair knowledge of—French. It was after her return from England that she decided she would have to learn Eng­lish. But of that decision, more later.
The point here is that on her return I made my first acquaintance with sapphires. She had brought back a large quantity of small sapphires which had to be graded according to size, tint and lustre. It was a prentice task and she showed me how to do it. Her patience, never great, often failed her during those days, for I had six thumbs on each hand and all of them got in the way. But this is how I was taught to work:
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