"Gratitude is rare," he murmured.

"I thank you.

Now then, I was thinking of making friend Mallow a business proposition, but--perhaps I can interest you, also, in doing something for me.

I'll pay well." "We're live ones," Stoner asserted.
"It is business of a confidential nature." "All the talking we do is on the street.

We're promoting wildcats, but I guess we know as much about the good wells as the big companies themselves, and when it comes to actual drilling, I've forgotten more than all these boll weevils will ever learn.