What are the motifs in The Nine Tailors: Changes Rung on an Old Theme in Two Short Touches and Two Full Peals by Dorothy L. Sayers?

Greed and materialism are shown as being destructive forces. Hilary Thorpe sums up the theme when she expresses her distaste for the emeralds, saying that they have led to the death of three men (Deacon, her father and grandfather) and have brought financial ruin on her family. Certainly, greed and materialism - what used be called covetousness - is the main motive for the crimes. It is a desire for wealth that causes Deacon to steal the emeralds and to cheat Cranton, his accomplice.