"Don't cast slurs on me.

I was once Professor of--mineralogical chemist and famous assayer too.

Biggest mining men in the country consulted me." The track-grader nodded as he glanced at Weston.
"I guess he was," he said.

"We had a man from back east on this section who had heard of him." Then he turned to Grenfell.
"Go ahead and explain about the mine." "I'm not sure that that's quite straight," Weston objected.

"If he does know anything of the kind----" "Oh," said his companion, "I'm not on.