"It's a grocery stock that can be bought at a bargain."
"Well?..."
"A chance for you and me to get in right...."
"What do you mean?"
"We'll buy it?"
"But I am not in the grocery business. Books!"
"But you are out to make money?"
"I don't gather what you want or expect me to do."
"Well, I'll explain." He seated himself comfortably, and then went on in that low tone of voice. "A fellow is in partnership with another who is up against it for cash, and offers to sell his share, which is a half interest, at a bargain." He paused again briefly, and then went on. "I, as you know, having recently quit working in a grocery, naturally know all about the conducting of one."
Wyeth nodded understandingly, and remained silent and patient.