'Oh no, not at all. Write whatever is embodied there, so that you will have one paper and I the other.'
This was done.
'Now then,' said Longworth, 'when does your option run out?'
Wentworth named the date.
'Who is the owner of the mine?'
'It is owned by the Austrian Mining Company, headquarters at Vienna, and the option is signed by a Mr. Von Brent, of Ottawa, who is manager of the mine and one of the owners.'
'You are perfectly certain that he has every right to sell the mine?'
'Yes; Mr. Kenyon's lawyer saw to that while he was in Ottawa.'
'And you are sure, also, that your option is a thoroughly legal instrument?'
'We are sure of that.'