"Since I talked to you last I have been compelled to shoulder obligations and make agreements which I did not anticipate then.

The best I can do now is to accept three-fourths." Schryhart straightened up determinedly and offensively.

This was outrageous, he thought, impossible! The effrontery of it! "It can never be done, Mr.Cowperwood," he replied, forcefully.

"You are trying to unload too much worthless stock on the company as it is.
The old companies' stock is selling right now, as you know, for from one-fifty to two-ten.

Your stock is worth nothing.