“What are you driving at?”
“Well, you should co-operate with us.”
“In what way?”
“In making the investigation.”
“Anything else?”
“Well, of course if the transaction should be declared invalid, we’d all of us want to be in such a position that we could protect ourselves.”
Bolus said, “As far as I’m concerned, I made a deal. I’m going to stand back of it… That stock’s a good investment, a mighty good investment. There are things the general public doesn’t know anything about. I’m not at liberty to say what they are, but within sixty days that stock is going to be worth— Well, it will be worth plenty.”
Loftus nodded.
Mason said casually, “Then why did you unload all of your holdings, Bolus?”
Bolus whirled on him angrily. “I didn’t unload all of my holdings.”