know any more than anybody else, which is that there were attempts to sell Lehman that were going on or to arrange a sale of Lehman since Bear Stearns, since right after Bear Stearns, which were not successful for whatever reasons, but I think mostly because Lehman management did not want to be sold. Also I think a loan from Berkshire Hathaway also was on the table or in equity. Well, they were discussing. I think, again, there were discussions. So there were several attempts, several conversations. I think the conversation that went the furthest is the conversation with Barclays Bank in the UK. I think now there are two versions of the story. There is the Hank Paulson version of the story, which is that that was supposed to happen and the British Treasury messed it all up. And so they had a plan and they just were messed up by the chancellor. I can't remember. Maybe it was the governor of the Bank of England. And then there is the British version of it, which is, what are you talking (26/44)
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