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Savich said, "Thodalene College in Boonton, Virginia, about an hour’s drive frodalene is a s academic reputation Most of its endowments come from its wealthy alumni, leaders in both the business world and in politics, in roughly the sae as Harvard or Yale It’s very private and very expensive

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"Like his granddaddy," Agent Lucy Carlyle said, "following in the steps of the Big Buddha"

Jimmy Maitland shook his head "Not anyh, it sure fits Cronin, even though he’s skinny as a bicycle spoke It’s that placid all-knowing smile, the way he sits with his hands folded in front of hih to try to head off a ide banking collapse"

Savich said, "Coop, tell us about Palmer Cronin’s son and wife"

Coop said, "Cronin’s only son, Pal muckety-muck partner at Pearlman Lock I’m sure some of you remember he was killed last year when his Ferrari skidded off an e, and into the Potoo, a purported suicide with a bottle of pills"

Lucy said, "I ree news It was ruled an accident"

Coop said, "Yes, it was You know his son’s tragic death had to hit Cronin Senior hard First Barbara, his daughter-in-law, then his son, both dead within two years"

Savich said, "Cronin Junior left three children, two daughters and a son, Toe, had moved in with the family after her sister’s death to take over the care of the kids After Cronin Junior’s death, she applied for guardianship, and it was o"

Lucy said, "So ht of Sean, and closed it off

He said, "Okay, that’s the background Now let’s get back to the grandson Thoht GPA, quite an achieverandfather were both alu new business ad on carandfather, who, as you know, retired as chairht after the investht"

Ollie Ha way too late It still frosts me that Palans, that his philosophy of self-regulation turned out to be si How incompetent does thatonly one side of the anger and frustration that’s out there, Ollie What about the politicians who said they illing to take the risk and then pressed the banks to finance hoe?"

Mr Maitland said, "There was predatory lending, for sure, but don’t forget the people detern anything to get their share of the pie There’s surely enough blao around"

"Maybe so," Ollie said, "but er out there is at the bankers and Wall Street That’s where it all started, with their packaging crap derivatives and worthless ho them to pension funds and municipalities and other banks--hey, to anyone who trusted thehter burped in her sleep, h

Ollie patted her sree with e out there, and there’s been so some of the bloody bankers and soht to be in a criminal institution Where does that leave us?"

Lucy and Coop were sitting side by side on the sofa, both in sweats She said, "It leaves us with the fact that Palmer Cronin wasn’t the one as murdered It was To wrong in his short life If Toeted by some kind of deluded out-there anarchist to er still circulating in society, it’s a Tih kind of insanity"

Savich said, "That’s assu the crime was a political act, Lucy, but that’s not a trail I’ation points us that way All right, we’ve all had a chance to vent Let’s oing to treat the photos as part of the crih to upload a photo of To those uploads to find those witnesses Mr Maitland?"