the evidence for sanguinetti would have been that the managers , this phancey couple , and of course they 're in it up to their necks '' -i remembered the way their attitude to me had changed on the last day ; the way they too had treated me with contempt , as rubbish , as something that was to be thrown away- '' they would say that they had told you to turn off the electricity-perfectly reasonable as the place was closing down-and use an oil-lamp for the last night .