Imagine, I said, if 1 of the 4 keyboard operators could be bribed to provide all the quotes before punching them into the machine. The delays would make it possible to act on this information unnoticed. Some weeks later, Andrew did just that. It was obvious, looking at the tape. The scheme lasted only for a few months. But he made an incalculable fortune. And the myth of Bevel grew till he became a god. I called him a criminal. He said I couldn’t suffer his success.

