J was in complaining mood.
He'd been wondering why the Boss had been so good to him. And now he was convinced that he'd found out why, after all.
The Boss wanted to marry off his little girl, trade her for his, J's, little place in the House. A place at the high table in The Wall Street House the Boss had built.
Apparently, the Boss was about as subtle as a House pre-dawn takeover bid.
But what's the complaint?
What has ever changed?
The rich bazaar merchant, his marriageable daughter on the shelf, her prospective husband—and the husband's dowry?
How to move otherwise unwanted merchandise by making a special offer of a discount daughter with House coupons attached.
Has it ever changed? The rich man, his daughter, her fiancee, the finances, some finessing.
Maybe J should have been glad he was worth finessing, but he wasn't in the mood to hear it.
Or so he said.
Probably he wasn't complaining after all. More like boasting.
Ins and Outs on the Ups and Downs that include some Notes on the Cut, Thrust and Parry that is part of the Great Game--Sexual Politics. And encompassing too Single Men and Women and the Pleasures of Youth.
