On the surface of the ground or through the swaying branches of the trees the spoor of man or beast was an open book to the ape-man, but even his acute senses were baffled by the spoorless trail of the airship.

All a bit Colditz, isn't it?

No. 8 in his top 10 rules of Wall Street self-defense: “Remember that brain-damaged people will outtrade you.”

The only cloud on their night was that injury to Rafael, who was followed off the pitch by his anxious brother Fabio as he was stretchered away down the tunnel.