My reasons for getting rid of it are quite apart from the legal questions." "It will save time, Mr.Bassett, if you tell Fitch that the suit won't be dropped until all the claims I represent are paid in full.

Several of your associates in the reorganization have already sounded me on that, and I've said no to all of them." "Oh, you have, have you ?" There was a hard glitter in Bassett's eyes and his jaws tightened.
"All right, then; go ahead," he added, and walked grimly back to his chair.
When the steamer stopped at his landing, Bassett jumped off and began the ascent to his house without looking at Harwood again.

Dan felt that it had been worth the journey to hear direct from Bassett the intimations of a wish to compromise the Canneries case.

And yet, while the boat was backing off, it was without exultation that he watched Bassett's sturdy figure slowly climbing the steps.

The signs of wear, the loss of the politician's old elasticity, touched a chord of pity in Harwood's breast.