“Answer Shayne without so much legal palaver,” Gentry ordered.
“Very well. The suit is pending in the state courts,” he said evenly.
“Who will win it? What are the rights in the case?”
“I am attorney for the defense,” Bates reminded him in an icy tone. “I don’t defend cases I expect to lose.”
“Do you know that Carrol was going to give the whole thing up and admit he was in the wrong when he left the corporation?”
“Certainly not,” snapped Bates.
“Would you have known it if he had been considering such a course?” Shayne probed.
“I most certainly would. I was in his complete confidence.”
“Assuming that Carrol had such intention, though you were not aware of it, wouldn’t it have been quite a slap in the face to you and quite a financial loss to Margrave?”
“I’m not sure I thoroughly understand the question,” Bates said.