"Perhaps, what are you driving at?"
"I'm trying to tell you," said Hedgerly, "that if I help you amass a fortune on speculation, this will be known fact by my time."
"So?"
"So," said Hedgerly, "the only thing I've done—the only thing that is historic fact—is that which I'm going to do for proof. Just one thing."
"Go on."
"I'm going to write something on this envelope. Then I'm—Wait. We'll do it. I came prepared."
He wrote a sentence on the flap of the envelope and handed it to Joan. "Keep it carefully," he told her.
"Now," he said to Graydon, "There will be a big nine-event day at Bay Meadows tomorrow. I have here a listing of nine horses. You will put a sum of money on these nags and you will become famous as the first man ever to win a complete nine-horse parlay."
"Interesting if true," said Graydon, looking over the list. "We'll know tomorrow."
"We'll go out to the track tomorrow," said Hedgerly.