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“Did Sir Alan have any other news?”
“He told , the foreign secretary will call in the Russian ambassador and demand an explanation”
“What good will that do?”
“He’ll realize that Harry will be on the front page of every paper around the world the next day if they don’t release hi the Russians ant”
“Then why arrest him in the first place?” demanded Emma
“They’re up to so, but even Sir Alan can’t work out what it is”
Giles didn’t tell Emma about his recent experience when he’d tried to enter East Berlin, not least because he’d assuet beyond passport control and would have been frogmarched back on to the next plane to Heathrow It lish PEN without good reason Even the Soviets don’t like bad publicity if they can possibly avoid it Like Sir Alan, he couldn’t work out what they were up to
During a sleepless weekend, E, even polishing some of the family silver, but she was never more than a few paces away from the phone
Sebastian rang on Saturday ht for a moment, just a moment, that it was Harry
“It’s ours to lose,” was the expression Sir Edward used during the consultation with Lady Virginia in his cha He advised her to spend a quiet weekend, no late nights, and not to drink too much She had to be rested, calm, and ready to do battle with Trelford when she stepped into the witness box on Monday
“Just confirm that you always allowed Major Fisher, your professional advisor, to handle anything to do with Barrington’s ‘At ar “You’ve never heard of Mr Benny Driscoll, and it careat shock when you discovered that Cedric Hardcastle had been du all his shares on the market the weekend before the AGM You simply felt, as a stockholder, that Mrs Clifton should tell you the truth and not fob you off with a self-serving platitude And whatever you do, don’t rise to Trelford’s bait, because he’ll try to tickle you under the chin like a trout Swim in the deep water and don’t be tempted to come up to the surface because, if you do, he’ll hook you and slowly reel you in And finally, just because things have gone well for us so far, that doesn’t mean you should become overconfident I’ve seen far too many cases lost on the last day of the trial by a client who thought they’d already won Remember,” he repeated, “it’s ours to lose”
Sebastian spentto catch up with a backlog of unanswered correspondence and dozens of “urgent” queries that Rachel had left in his in-tray It took all of Saturdayjust to tackle the first pile
Mr Bishara’s inspired choice as the new chairreeted in the City with acclamation, which made Seb’s life much easier A few customers closed their accounts when Sloane departed, but many more returned when they discovered his successor would be Ross Buchanan: an experienced, shrewd operator, with bottom, was how the Sunday Times described him