"Not this morning. But I've got the next thing to it."
If Katz felt any excitement at this announcement he concealed it. Perhaps he knew Luther too well. With a smile, and a slight movement of the shoulders, he said:
"Of course it's a dead sure thing."
"It is."
"Well, that's something."
"You know, Katzy, the only sure things in this world are death and taxes."
"Yes. So I've heard."
"Well, compared with this thing of mine, taxes are dreams and death never happens. Listen. I can place in your hands a contrivance hardly bigger than a dinner plate that generates electricity without machinery; that has infinite power; that can drag railway trains of any size at any speed and can drive an ocean steamer. It weighs about five pounds and costs nothing to run."
Katz slowly moved his head, and frowned.
"It's a bad habit, Luther."