[new cruelty]

... Francisco’s sin is that he has permitted this in the face of his earlier ideal that treats the employer-employee relationship as one of sacred honor.

I wonder if Madoff sees himself as a d'Anconia type of person.

... This is a very utopian frame of mind, this business of a phoenix arising from the ashes of the past. But in those ashes will be human bones.

The characters Eddie Willers, Cherryl Brooks and "The Wet Nurse" come to mind, though there are many others.

[Billthedrill]

LOLOL! No spoilers!

...but you're right...