“Where is he?”
“Over in that corner. His name is Mr. Corona, Mr. Smith-Corona.”
I said, “Before I go to all that trouble, I’ve had an interesting interview with Mrs. Lintig. She’ll deny it if we publish it, and threatens to sue the paper for libel. Do we publish it or don’t we?”
“We don’t,” she said quickly.
“I could make a swell story out of it, one that would interest your readers.”
“Would it get us any new subscribers?” she asked.
“It should.”
“And where would they come from?”
“That’s taking a low-down, unfair advantage,” I said.
She smiled. “Well, we’re definitely not progressive, Mr. Lam. My uncle is old-fashioned, and he doesn’t like libel suits.”