Finally Blik spoke up. "What was that one point that you disagreed on Jack?" he asked his partner. "I've been running Mr. Gaines' statement over in my mind and I can't seem to find the flaw you mentioned."
"Oh, it was nothing," said Long impatiently. "Just a minor point."
"No, I mean it," said Blik. "I'd really like to know."
"Not worth talking about. Let's pack up and not take any more of Mr. Gaines' time."
"Come on, Jack, tell me what it was," said Blik, in a rather positive way, I thought.
"Really, Arnie," said Long, firing up a little, "take it easy, will you? We don't want to have to argue about some little point that doesn't mean anything. Just forget it."
His attitude changed quickly from irritation to downright nastiness. Apparently, as head of the sales team, he wasn't going to take anything from a subordinate. It kind of irritated me in turn, because he gave me the impression that he felt as if he was too good to talk with us about it.
"All right, all right," said Blik, "the hell with it. So it was a minor point."
"Why not tell him?" I asked Long, cutting in quickly as Blik made a move to pack up the Sim.