We met Jason Bradley, Donald and Edith Craig and Roy Emerson and learned how they became rich and famous. Roy joins the board of Parkinson's and a mystery customer requests for quotations for a few million bubbles of toughened glass. Roy thinks that he is after the Titanic and London Times publishes some rumours about plans to raise it. Roy and Rupert Parkinson also talk about raising the Titanic. Rupert is going to hire Jason Bradley to do a feasibility study on it. We saw Jason chasing away Oscar, the giant octopus who attacked the Hibernia platform. Next we saw Rupert meeting Jason and Roy to discuss about raising the Titanic. After that, Dr. Kato Mitsumasa met Jason and the Craigs to discuss about the same thing.

Last week we saw Jason visiting the Craigs at the Conroy Castle.

Study Guide

Isthmus - A narrow strip of land that joins two larger areas of land.
Conjoin - Link or join together.
Perplexity -Confusion resulting from difficulty to understand.
Cypress trees - Any of numerous evergreen cone bearing trees of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions.
Taj Mahal - Beautiful mausoleum (large burial chamber, usually above ground) at Agra, India built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal.
Vista - A view seen through a long narrow opening, e.g. between rows of trees or buildings.
Yelp - Utter a short sharp high-pitched bark or cry.
Fawning - Attempt to please somebody by showing enthusiastic affection.
Shift - Move or change position very slightly.
Disconcerting - Making somebody feel ill at ease, slightly confused, or taken aback.

Ranjith Gunarathene