His clients were fiercely loyal; they had to be or he would cut them out of his hallowed investment circle and month-after-month returns of metronomic regularity.

• 麦道夫的客户极度的忠诚，而且他们也必须如此；否则麦道夫就会切断此人同投资循环的关联，并失去月复一月的收益。