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I haven't had any takers for my suggestion of a mass gloating session at Russell Square. I have however had an e-mail from Frode in Norway telling me of the time he went to Russell Square to cash a cheque about four months after the card room closed. At the reception, the doorman questioned him about his motives for visiting, demanding to know `How do we know you're not a gloater'?

Sadly, the story bears an uncanny resemblance to a scene in Blackadder when Lord Percy is given the task of delaying visitors to condemned prisoners. I am nevertheless tickled by the idea of the Russell Square reception desk having to weed out people whose sole intention is to gloat at the empty basement.