25/28 It sounds callous, I know, but, frankly, your unhappy condition fails to distress me. Well, how much do you offer ?" "All we got. A coupla thousand." "A temptation, truly." Mallow addressed his companion irritably. He don't need money." Calvin Gray had never been more pleased with himself than now, for matters had worked out almost exactly according to plan, a compliment indeed to his foresight and to his executive ability. |