“Then he really does hold a great deal in it?”
“More than half, that I know of.”
“You’ve carefully made sure of that.”
“Yes, carefully. It’s all right, I tell you.”
“Good! And what about the dear brother?”
“He’s still down there.”
“Surveying the mine?”
“Surveying? He has been down it every day for nearly a week, examining every crack and corner—adit, winze, shaft, driving, all the whole lot of it.”
“Well?”
“He sends reports to the old man every night.”