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Ar He turned to his lawyer, a look of fury on his face

“For 20 million?” Russell Critchley asked the old attorney calmly

“Yes,” replied Yablon, “the exact figure that your client agreed with her brother-in-law earlier this month”

“But Alexander assured reed to sell her shares in the Globe to“I’ve flown to New York specially…”

“It was not your flight to New York that influenced ,” said the old lady firmly “Rather the one you made to Geneva”

Ar stared at her for some time, then turned and marched back to the lift he had left only a few minutes earlier, and whose doors were still open As he and his lawyer traveled down he cursed several tie it?”

“I can only assume he joined Mrs Sherwood at some point on her cruise”

“But how could he possibly have found out that I was involved in a deal to take over the Globe in the first place?”

“I have a feeling that you won’t find the answer to that question on this side of the Atlantic,” said Critchley “But all is not lost”

“What the hell do you mean?”

“You are already in possession of one third of the shares”

“So is Townsend,” said Ar

“True But if you were to pick up Sir Walter Sherwood’s holding, you would then be in possession of two-thirds of the company, and Townsend would be left with no choice but to sell his third to you—at a considerable loss”

Ar looked across at his lawyer, and the hint of a smile broke out across his jowly face

“And with Alexander Sherwood still supporting your cause, the game’s far from over yet”