Mr Brown and his allies realised about a third of the way through the 95-minute meeting that the mood was with him and that he was safe.
Refusing to slink away from Haringey was not just about pride, she realised, but about protecting her sanity.
It will realise about $140 million, a healthy nine times multiple.
I get that she panicked when she realised the truth about Martin – but why not just get on a train?
She says, as retirement approached, she realised that talking about being in a demanding, senior position with a history of depression could have value.
She looks flat-out surprised when I ask when she realised she was gay: "Ummm, about 19?" she replies, as if taken aback that someone would be interested in something so unimportant.
Lady Wardington had never really had to worry about money, but when her husband suffered a heart attack she realised she was ignorant about financial matters.
"Once she got into office, she realised that this was about [Barack Obama] and it had to just be about him, or there was going to be a problem.
It was only on completing her polished page-turner of a novel that she realised she had written about Little Red Riding Hood with a sinister new spin.
She realised that the jokes about her husband's adult movie viewing habits, and her claim that her sister's home in London was her main residence, were likely to make it impossible for her to continue as Britain's first female home secretary.
