The first is the response of Shearman& Sterling. 首先是谢尔曼•思特灵律师事务所的应对方式。
Mr Whitfield contacted Professor John Shearman of Harvard University, the world's greatest expert on the artist. 经过世界著名艺术品鉴赏专家哈佛大学的希尔曼教授鉴定,这的确是萨托的真迹。
A large group of lawyers and bankers marching into a big conference room at Shearman& Sterling. 一大批律师和银行家走进希尔曼和斯特林律师事务所的一个大会议室。
The story began on a July evening when a group of City lawyers from Shearman& Sterling went out drinking, as City lawyers so often do. 事情发生在7月的一个夜晚,当时谢尔曼思特灵律师事务所(shearman&sterling)的一群律师外出喝酒,伦敦金融城的律师们经常这样。