Robert Troy isn’t related to Helen, at least as far as we could determine. As well as being renowned for her beauty, his better known namesake was, if Homer is to be believed, obsessed by her public image. Robert must somehow have thought his was impervious to public opprobrium because, as the scale of his property portfolio dripped its way into double figures, he saw no reason to consider his status as a minister of government even though his non-declaration of most of his holdings pointed to a new definition of the term ‘untenable’. ***** Robert Troy’s resignation, when it…

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