Dear Sr. Perla, Let me explain, Sir, how I almost got the better of that poor, ignorant villager. My strategy was originally as follows: To tell him no market existed for his type of pearl. (He's an uneducated fool so I thought I would get away with this) To persuade him I was doing him a favor by buying it as nobody else would To tell him how ugly it was and how it would …showed first 75 words of 323 total…

…showed last 75 words of 323 total…I shall pursue him. Tomorrow, I will look for him in the village, my spies have already found out where he is living. When I see him I will offer him 5,000 pesos (although it is worth a lot more). I will tell him that is the most I can offer him, as we need to make profit. You know you can always trust me, Boss. I promise he won't get away next time. Sincerely, Pablo