"What? Yes, yes. Right away. Are you—will you—be gone long?"
His voice was going on, jubilant:
"Trust your Uncle Dudley to put it over! D'you know what I got from the tightest firm in town? Unlimited letter of credit! Get that 'unlimited'?
"Oh Bert!"
"It's the biggest land proposition ever put out in the West! Ripley Farmland Acres I'm going to put them on the map in letters a mile high! Believe me, I'm going to wake things up! There's half a million in it for me if it's handled right, and, believe me, I'm some little handler!"
"I know you are! O Bert, how splendid!"
"All right. Get the suitcases off early—here's my train. Bye-bye."
"Wait a minute—when're you coming back? Can't I come, too?"
"Not yet. I'll let you know. Oh, d'you want some money?"
"Well—I haven't got much—but that isn't—"