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My supervising partner in those days was an excitable fellow<ref>''Highly'' excitable. To keep a lid on his blood pressure, he retired shortly thereafter and now runs a newsagent in Gillingham.</ref>. I confess it was with prurient glee that I trotted around and dropped the [[comments]] — which were as compendious as they were ill-informed — on his desk, the way an obstreperous child might drop a lit match into a canister of petrol. | My supervising partner in those days was an excitable fellow<ref>''Highly'' excitable. To keep a lid on his blood pressure, he retired shortly thereafter and now runs a newsagent in Gillingham.</ref>. I confess it was with prurient glee that I trotted around and dropped the [[comments]] — which were as compendious as they were ill-informed — on his desk, the way an obstreperous child might drop a lit match into a canister of petrol. | ||
It had the anticipated effect. Whilst the young [[JC]] was patiently explaining this unexpected setback to our client | It had the anticipated effect. Whilst the young [[JC]] was patiently explaining this unexpected setback to our client — represented by a callow but quick young fellow from Dublin, in his first year out from Trinity College — the supervisor stormed into the room, his face a rich shade of puce. | ||
“I have ''never'' been so outraged”, said he, “and I have covered his ridiculous mark-up with unspeakable obscenities! Filthy! words that start with “c” and “p”!” | “I have ''never'' been so outraged”, said he, “and I have covered his ridiculous mark-up with unspeakable obscenities! Filthy! words that start with “c” and “p”!” | ||