Schön listens, considering her terms as she lays them out. Once she's done, he has some questions and counteroffers to make. To wit, "for the small items removed from his person, to what degree would the challenge of obtaining them be affected if I asked you to wear silk gloves for the taking, and to wrap the items in silk once they're taken?"

"I do think I'll be selling his artworks on--seeing them in other homes will sting him more, I think. I'm amenable to, say, five percent? As for a standard number, I will simply say I want him stripped of as much that he values as is possible. Let the losses consume him."