With each new advance of Hitler's armies, the price of diamonds on the London market soared. Today, they are 50 per cent. dearer than before the invasion of the Lowlands. Though many wealthy people are anxious to buy, practically no new diamonds are coming on the market. There are only about 50 skilled diamond cutters in the whole of England; in Amsterdam and Antwerp there are 10,000, and only a few escaped to this country. Many established themselves in France, and apparently are still there. So diamonds in London are likely to reach a new "high."
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