"And I'm not the only Almighty one satisfied with Sachs, so he stays."
"I've got my boys with me. Who've you got?"
"I got Lennox."
"Enlighten him, Jake," Bacon drawled.
Lennox took a deep breath. "Ned, I'm sorry. I have to vote with Mel."
Bacon's face froze.
"I know what your problem is, Ned, and you know I sympathize. But I've got problems too. I've got to go along with Mel."
"You yellow scab! You're selling me out? What was the price? Don't I even get a chance to bid against his thirty pieces of silver?"
"If I'd known in time I'd have warned you."
"You didn't have the guts, you cheap—"