Thursday is a possibility. But if you don t get the work out, you ll hit the market on Friday and the investment banker will be very angry with you. Anyone interested in buying debentures is already on the way to the country and won t get back until next Tuesday, when someone else with a better law firm will have a better debenture on the market. You ve got a few minor changes to make, but most of the Registration Statement is at the printer s. The company and the investment banker are still arguing about the price of the debentures.
Some senior associates are already at the printer s, working on the statement.
The market closes. The company and the investment banker agree on a price. Now it s into the taxi cabs, over to Hudson Street, everyone crowded together, lawyers and bankers, flunkies and senior associates, businessmen and accountants. Because you know how to proofread. They didn t teach you proofreading at Harvard Law School, but that is the only reason you re there, and someone is billing your proofreading skills at the rate of fifty dollars an hour.