'No complaints.'
'Not quite the same as being happy, is it? Something may be coming up, if you felt like a change. There's a little team I've set up. Might be a role for someone with an information technology background. You'd have to leave your current unit and involve yourself in some general management and accountancy issues for - I don't know - six months, maybe longer. Interested?'
'Like to hear more, yes.'
'Nothing's settled, a preliminary report has gone to a few of the senior partners, most have yet to see it. You'll keep all this strictly to yourself?'
'Of course.'
'Approval to go beyond the feasibility study will take another three or four weeks. Let's talk about it again then.'