Five years at Edinburgh Medical School/ agreed the Chief solemnly.
Do you remember how he set the seconds leg? Terribly useful to have a
doctor aboard.
Nick picked up his spoon, and tentatively lifted a little of the fruit
to his mouth. Every officer watched him intently as he chewed.
Nick took another spoonful.
You should taste his jams, said David Allen addressing Nick directly at
last. Absolutely Cordon Bleu stuff. Thank you, gentlemen, for the
advice/ said Nick. The smile did not touch his mouth, but crinkled his
eyes slightly. But would somebody convey a private message to Angel
that if he ever calls me 'dear' again I'll beat that ridiculous cap down
about his ears. In the relieved laughter that followed, Nick turned to
David Allen and sent colour flying to his cheeks again by asking, You
seem to have finished with that old copy Of the List, Number One. Do
you mind if I glance at it again? Reluctantly, David lifted himself and
produced the newspaper, and there was another tense silence as Nick Berg
rearranged the rumpled sheets and studied the old headlines without any
apparent emotion.
THE GOLDEN PRINCE OF CHRISTY MARINE DEPOSED
Nicholas hated that name, it had been old Arthur Christy's quirk to name
all of his vessels with the prefix Golden, and twelve years ago, when
Nick had rocketed to head of operations at ChristY Marine, some wag had
stuck that label on him.
ALEXANDER TO HEAD THE CHRISTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nicholas was surprised by the force of his hatred for the Man.
They had fought like a pair of bulls for dominance of the herd and the
tactics that Duncan Alexander had used had won. Arthur Christy had said
once, Nobody gives a damn these days whether it is moral or fair, all
that counts is, will it work and can you get away with it? For Duncan it
had worked, and he had got away with it in the grandest possible style.
As Managing-Director in charge of operations, Mr. Nicholas Berg helped
to build Christy Marine from a small coasting and salvage company into
one of the five largest owners of cargo shipping operating anywhere in
the world.
After the death of Arthur Christy in 1968, Mr. Nicholas Berg succeeded
him as Chairman, and continued the company's spectacular expansion.
At present, Christy Marine has in commission eleven bulk carriers and
tankers in excess of 250,000 dead weight tons, and has building the
1,000,000 ton giant ultra-tanker Golden Dawn. it will be the largest
vessel ever launched.
There it was, stated in the boldest possible terms, the labour of a
man's lifetime. Over a billion dollars of shipping, designed, financed
and built almost entirely with the energy and enthusiasm and faith of
Nicholas Berg.
Mr. Nicholas Berg married Miss Chantelle Christy, the only child of Mr.
Arthur Christy. However, the marriage ended in divorce in September of
last year and the former Mrs. Berg has subsequently married Mr. Duncan
Alexander, the new Chairman of Christy Marine.
He felt the hollow nauseous feeling in his stomach and in his head the
vivid image of the woman. He not want to think of her now, but could
