On Friday, Long-Term heard from Goldman. Thain noted that very few people could invest in the a mounts that Long-Term needed. Buffett might he good for a chunk, and Soros might, bur Long-Term had already called them, as well as virtually everyone else on Goldman's list. Peter Kraus, a Goldman investment banker, had talked to Buffett that very morning. Buffett had reiterated that, as he had told Hilibrand, he wasn't interested. The others had refused, too. Therefore, Thain didn't think it was possible. Thain didn't bother to say what he was thinking privately: to all appearances, Long-Term was going under.