Desmond Donovan suppressed the upward curl of his lips. He cleared his throat and said, "Well then, help us get the rest of it out. Let's see if this thing is actually worth anything."
Since Desmond Donovan had said so, Master Keane didn't press the issue and continued to work on the stone in his hands.
However, he was far more cautious than before. He didn't dare continue making aggressive cuts with the grinder, instead grinding down little by little along the line where the green was showing.
This process was undoubtedly time-consuming and laborious, especially since, just as Arabella Donovan had predicted earlier, this raw stone was much larger than the one cut at the auction house.
All in all, it took Master Keane over two hours to extract the entire piece of jade.
