"You did." Michael said. "I rather thought the details might be of some interest to you, given your business connections. Of course, I trust you to treat what I tell you with absolute discretion." He didn’t wait for the deprecatory hand gesture with which Geraint reassured him. "But given your many business concerns, which even I am hard-pressed to keep track of, I thought it would be only fair to let an old friend in on the secrets."