Back in Singapore, I have had quite a few occasions to think of this latest development. Somehow, the slate has been wiped clean. On three occasions Alisdair had, unwittingly, done me a good turn. In the end I repaid my debt to him, even if not quite as innocently. In some bizarre fashion, our respective careers became intertwined. I knew my side of the story and was amused by it, although the last laugh was at my expense. I often think it would be nice to hear the story as told by Alisdair. But Löwe, who might have worked out both tales, is too discrete to disclose to the one party what he gleaned from the other.