I feel I must rush to the defence of my old mucker Le Compte de Chandelier.
When he broke into my desk drawer when I was on leave, I am sure he was just making sure that the houseboy had not stolen anything.
The very sharp knife he had was not for stabbiing people in the back but was for defending his loyal employees against all the robbers around the area.
A finer upstanding aristo would be hard to find(ask some of the Warri girls he would pick up in the old VW).
Truly a fine merchant banker.