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know that." His voice grew formal. "It's the Yakuza way."
"Well, you're in London now. A free man."
"It's not that simple. You may not know—it's a very well-kept secret—that he capitalized my takeover of the West¬minster Union Bank here. He put together a consortium of private financiers for me. A lot of the money was actually his. The whole thing had to be low profile, since none of our banks dared have its name associated with a hostile takeover in London. Our institutions are still squeamish about such things. They all cheered me on in private, but in public they didn't know anything about it."
"Maybe he had this little return favor in mind all along."
"To tell you
"Well, you're in London now. A free man."
"It's not that simple. You may not know—it's a very well-kept secret—that he capitalized my takeover of the West¬minster Union Bank here. He put together a consortium of private financiers for me. A lot of the money was actually his. The whole thing had to be low profile, since none of our banks dared have its name associated with a hostile takeover in London. Our institutions are still squeamish about such things. They all cheered me on in private, but in public they didn't know anything about it."
"Maybe he had this little return favor in mind all along."
"To tell you