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Nautical DelightsChapter 16 Emma s Conversion
During the early evening the Emir sent for Thomas and explained what he needed. A trust fund of about five million English pounds had been set up to endow a Chair at Oxford. Because the Emir did not trust the University not simply to redirect the money to other purposes, he had insisted that the fund would be hedged around with restrictive conditions. One was that the Emir's personal representative would be able to veto any unsuitable candidate; another safeguard was that if the College...