Klempner - Twenty-Six Years Ago
“Sir…” Bech wears a cautious expression.
“Yes?”
“I wished to express concern at your… lack of focus just now. It is not your normal behaviour and I wonder if you are perhaps being misled.”
“What are you talking about, Bech?”
“You are a businessman, sir. A good one. But recently… you have, in my opinion, made misjudgements.”
I turn to face him. Bech takes a step back. “What misjudgements?”
“I went to some trouble to set up Finchby and Yakovlevski in competition against each other. There is good potential for a lot of business from both of them. Your abrupt change of terms was a distraction.”
“You don’t have to agree with every decision I make Bech. If we can get a better price by ransoming them back to their families, you’ll still have plenty in your
