Pierre, Or The Ambiguities

Or if you prefer: Felix Krull, Confidence Man.

The latest group of sheep to be taken in, by the latest wolf, a mysterious someone with a black Maserati, and a Rolex watch, and a flowing scarf, are described, now forlornly shorn of their golden fleece, and possibly ready for a face-saving villeggiatura or transhumance, here.

As one of them bleated: “He arrived in a Ferrari, which it turns out was rented, wearing Berluti shoes and a Dior suit. He had lawyers. We put confidence in him.”

Moral: There’s a lot of them born every minute.