A former prime minister who was interested in running bowed out after his purchase of a country house suddenly came under investigation.

The purchase came towards the end of an exceptionally dry autumn.

But the purchase came near the top of the market.

Bard said the two purchases came to about $60 million.

With the sales tax, the purchase comes to $30.42.

The purchase of a new home comes to mind, hardly an everyday decision.

Yesterday he wanted to talk about his daughter and how the purchase came about.

Along with the purchase came ownership of an asbestos mine in Virginia.

Those purchases came on top of its routine bid for the maximum 35 percent.

The indictment says his purchases came from three well-known dealers but does not name them.