“If anyone else had brought this in,” said Stoliker slowly, “do you know what I should have thought?”
“Yes, you would think it an attempt of the bulls to get in out of the rain.”
“Exactly. You’ve hit it the first time. Can you vouch for the accuracy of this?”
“I can.”
“You won’t be offended, Steele, if I ask you one more question, only one?”
“I know what the question is.”
“What is it?”
“You are going to ask if I have been buying wheat?”
“Well, you seem to know exactly what’s in my mind. Conversation is rather superfluous with so sharp a man as you are. Have you been buying wheat?”
“Yes, I’m the person who caused the flutter in the market these last two days.”