{ ... }

۞

  This was the end for Stoker.  The moment that Jack could not look back.  Jack Stoker: the stockmarket broker, professional hamshanker, former love for the investment banker.  

“What's the balance, little Gemma?” he askèd his darling daughter.  

Stoker askèd the question with the fear of expectation.  

“It just reads 1,000E, daddy” replièd his darling daughter, little Gemma.  

۝