In the Restaurant

Carl RITCHIE: You certainly brought out the heavy artillery that day.

Margaret PEAKE (a little embarrassed): Yes, maybe.

Carl RITCHIE: You tried to undermine and pressure me from the start.

Margaret PEAKE: That’s true.

Carl RITCHIE: Then there was the threat involving my senior management.

Margaret PEAKE (relaxing): And the urgency: “You can use my phone, Mr. Ritchie!”

Carl RITCHIE: But there’s no doubt that the cruelest trap was the last one, when you cast doubt over the whole deal for the sake of one last demand.

Margaret PEAKE: I have to tell you that my favorite TV detective has always been Columbo! He always speaks very pleasantly to suspects, lulling them into a false sense of security.

Carl RITCHIE: And then waits until they are almost out the door before catching them off balance with a seemingly innocuous but loaded question.