Just as the British athletics team are preparing to fly out to the European Indoor Championships, which open in Gothenburg on Friday morning, another medal is about to belatedly wing its way into the GB haul from the last championships.
Paul Pennyfeather, the novel's hero, who is serving time in the prison, finds out about this belatedly, because, as a rule, he is not allowed to speak to the other prisoners.
I've been monitoring and occasionally writing about the church's child sex-abuse crisis since 1992, and most of church leaders' apologies and instances of constructive outreach have come about reluctantly, belatedly or with a palpable sense from many bishops and cardinals that they were the aggrieved, victimized ones.
The White House and Congress have done an abrupt about-face about corporate malfeasance this summer, belatedly recognizing the need to crack down on financial chicanery in the executive suite.
But she said she was told only belatedly about the discussions.
People call Halper frequently to tell him about items they belatedly found to be fakes, or try to to sell him items with dubious histories.
It was also, albeit somewhat belatedly, about environmental and climate protection.
Then you pooh-pooh complaints about the deal, belatedly admit that the revenues fell millions of dollars short and allow the schools to re-hire the same firm that botched the bidding process.
The book, "Black Dog of Fate," is about growing up in New Jersey and belatedly learning about the family's Armenian heritage.
New Jersey has not followed the trend to denying more parole applications; the board has consistently granted parole, if belatedly, in about two-thirds of cases over the last five years.
