I want a decent return for investments I have made, and I am going to have it.
I cannot speak for the others behind me, but as long as they deal through me that is what they will expect." Mr.Schryhart went angrily away.

He was exceedingly wroth.

This proposition as Cowperwood now outlined it was bucaneering at its best.
He proposed for himself to withdraw from the old companies if necessary, to close out his holdings and let the old companies deal with Cowperwood as best they could.

So long as he had anything to do with it, Cowperwood should never gain control of the gas situation.
Better to take him at his suggestion, raise the money and buy him out, even at an exorbitant figure.

Then the old gas companies could go along and do business in their old-fashioned way without being disturbed.