mr. kane.  come right in.  please.  have a seat.
well.  i must admit, when my assistant told me you were here i was, really -- i was quite -- i was surprised.
we thought you were gone for good.
well, i mean it's a tough business, isn't it? cutthroat.
look, our bid -- it was competitive -- but definitely at the high end of competitive -- when we didn't hear back from you, we did some re-analysis of the numbers, and honestly, we'd really like a chance to do a bit better. i'm assuming you're still in the market. it's the same vessel?
we just picked up a job quite like the one we were bidding for you. gorgeous boat, hundred-and-seventy- five-foot pleasure cruiser. i think we learned a few things that might allow us to make our proposal for your job, as i said, a bit more competitive.
was it the break-in?
we also thought we hadn't heard from you -- we've had a bit of a publicity nightmare, people have been talking. our offices were broken into -- vandalism mostly -- shortly after we last spoke.
let me get you a new copy of the proposal.