“Now this is troubling. Troubling indeed". Mr Schnapp said after I'd narrated everything that was going on, looking for all the world like there was no trouble at all.

Of all the great business tycoons in New York city that I'd met, in occasions and casual situations and in court, he remained the one I feared the most. Before I found him I'd only seen in motion about twice, and that was in media releases. Sightings of him were so rare, it had to be a disaster or a great accomplishment that would bring him out to public. But he made things happen where he joked up. His business was...