"But I—h'm—it seems they are sufficiently satisfied to wish to put you in charge of the Michamac Bridge."
"In charge?"
"Yes."
"How about Ashton—their contract with him?"
"That's to be settled later. I wish—h'm—I understand that you are to be sent nominally as Assistant Engineer."
"I am, eh? Excuse me!"
"At double the salary of Ashton, and—"
"Not at ten times the salary as his assistant!"
"But you must know that Griffith's doctor has ordered him to Florida, and with the work rushing on the bridge—He tells me it has reached the most critical stage of construction—that suspension span—"
"You seem mighty interested in a project you got rid of," remarked
Blake, vaguely conscious of the other's repressed eagerness.