It took a while, but he finally untangled the problem.

The intruding investor (VC #2) makes an offer at a pre-money valuation of $15 million, subject to due diligence, and the expiration of the drop dead date, meaning the date in the initial investor's term sheet when exclusivity expires.

The reperforator punches the routing indicator, along with the message body, into a tape

I hadn’t used viole on West Side or Gypsy, so I thought let’s use four viole and no violins.