Donnegan smiled, and shaking his head, the red hair flashed and shimmered.
"As long as there is no work attached to the mission, it may be agreeable to me."
"But there is work."
"Then the contract is broken before it is made."
"You are rash. But I had rather begin with a dissent and then work upward."
Donnegan waited.
"To balance against work—"
"Excuse me. Nothing balances against work for me."
"To balance against work," continued the colonel, raising a white hand and by that gesture crushing the protest of Donnegan, "there is a great reward."
"Colonel Macon, I have never worked for money before and I shall not work for it now."