Hints and tips:
...It is a perk of the work as archivist at Coutts, the private bank, which includes Queen Elizabeth II among its wealthy clientele....
...Audience, start biting nails....
...Quappi, now middle-aged, remains beautiful, strong, serene; her vitality is echoed by an enormous blooming plant at her side....
...This is going to be a real nail-biter....
...Blooming Europeans! So the company will only ship the last half of the order this month. But my cabbie’s finely-honed instinct for market timing tells me this is the turning point....
...It has taken eight, nail-biting years, to justify it....
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