Any applications for your shares ?" "They're by no means numerous." And a flush of anger crept into Weston's face.

"If that were the result of a depressed market or of investors' indifference I shouldn't mind so much, but we are evidently being subjected to almost every kind of unwarranted attack." "Any mode of attack's legitimate in this kind of deal, and there's a rather effective one your friends don't seem to have tried yet.

Quite sure it wouldn't be wiser to make what terms you can and let them have the mine ?" "I'm afraid I haven't considered the wisdom of the course I mean to adopt.

Anyway, it's a simple one.

If those people want that mine they must break us first." "Well," Stirling said, "I guess if I were you I'd allot very few of those shares to what one might call general applicants.