"No. If I were in Gunther's place I should do just what he's doing. Quite right. Only I'm not sure, Jim, he'd do what I do were conditions reversed."
"You paid around 79 for the stock. You've got a million shares you're carrying. The stock's to-day at 54. We'll buy you out at 55. Take it, Dan."
"Thanks for the advice, but my answer's No."
"Why?"
"That stock's going to be worth 150 in two years."
"Two years isn't to-day. You're facing conditions." He looked at him as though trying to understand his motive. "The old man isn't bargaining when he says 55; he means 55 and no more."
"I know that."
"Where are you going to raise two million dollars cash in forty-eight hours? You see, we are well informed."
Drake smiled as though this were the easiest matter in the world.
"Suppose the Clearing House refuses to clear for the Atlantic Trust to-morrow. What'll that mean?"