29/72 "This whole matter is involving us in a tangle of litigation requiring our constant effort, constant attention." "I beg your pardon, Mr.Quarrier, but you take it too seriously. I have found, in this affair, nothing except a rather agreeable mental exhilaration." "Mr.Plank, if you are not inclined to be serious--" "I am," said Plank so savagely that Quarrier, startled, could not doubt him. "I like this sort of thing, Mr.Quarrier.Anything that is hard to overcome, I like to overcome. The pleasure in life, to me, is to win out. I am fighting you with the greatest possible satisfaction to myself." "Perhaps you see victory ahead," said Quarrier calmly. |