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In one of those cruel ironies to whose martial cadence our lives keep time, before he could figure out a way of monetising his idea Barkley was laid off and, shortly afterwards, imprisoned for manipulating [[LIBOR]]. | In one of those cruel ironies to whose martial cadence our lives keep time, before he could figure out a way of monetising his idea Barkley was laid off and, shortly afterwards, imprisoned for manipulating [[LIBOR]]. | ||
==== A chance encounter | ==== A chance encounter at a bar in West London ==== | ||
{{Drop|A|s she neared}} her [[Schwarzschild radius of alcohol consumption|gin horizon]], HR manager Anita Dochter embarked upon a long and elliptical disquisition to her old pal and erstwhile colleague [[Cass Mälstrom]]. She was agitated about the unstaunchable stream of defections from her firm, a sleepy mid-market broker headquartered in Peterborough. | {{Drop|A|s she neared}} her [[Schwarzschild radius of alcohol consumption|gin horizon]], HR manager Anita Dochter embarked upon a long and elliptical disquisition to her old pal and erstwhile colleague [[Cass Mälstrom]]. She was agitated about the unstaunchable stream of defections from her firm, a sleepy mid-market broker headquartered in Peterborough. | ||