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“If you say so, chairman”

“Let’s e of her file “The Buckingham has a one hundred percent occupancy for the journey back to Avonmouth, and we already have a seventy-two percent take-up for the second voyage to New York”

“That is good news,” said Binghaet the 184 free cabin spaces we have offered as compensation that are sure to be taken up at some time in the future”

“At soham If they are evenly distributed over the next couple of years, they’ll have little effect on our cash flow”

“But I’ht well affect our cash flow And what ”

“What are you referring to, Mr Anscott?” asked Emma

“I had a very interesting chat with your brother on the way out, and found hi to borrow one and a half billion pounds from the IMF in order to stop a run on the pound He alsoa seventy percent corporation tax on all companies, as well as ninety percent inco over thirty thousand a year”

“Good God,” said the admiral “Will I be able to afford my own funeral?”

“And the chancellor’s latest idea,” continued Anscott, “which I find almost inconceivable, is that no businessman or holidaymaker will be allowed to leave the country with more than fifty pounds cash in their possession”

“That won’t exactly te

“I think I may have found a way around that,” said Sebastian

The rest of the board turned toward the newest recruit

“I’ve been carrying out a little research into what our rivals are up to, and it seems that the owners of the SS New York and the SS France have coht the attention of the board “The SS New York is no longer registered as being owned by an American company, despite the fact that its headquarters are still in Manhattan, along with the vast majority of its eistered in Panama In fact, if you look carefully at this picture,” Seb placed a large photograph of the SS New York in the center of the table, “you will see a s from the stern, despite the fact that the Stars and Stripes re on board, fro rooms to the carpets in the staterooms”

“And are the French doing the sa?” asked Knowles