“True. We pay them a higher rate for display, and the editorial support is—er—”
“By way of gratitude,” suggested Dana.
“Exactly. Do you think, Dana, that either paper is in a position to discard the P.-U.‘s support?”
“Just a moment,” said the lawyer. “That display advertising bill of The Guardian’s; what was the bill as rendered?”
Looking to Montrose Clark for permission and receiving it in a nod, the hand-perfected secretary replied, “Sixteen hundred dollars.”
“Scaled down to a net of about eleven hundred and fifty.”
“Yes. With discounts and rebates.”
“Wymett fooled Robson worse than I had supposed. The young fool bought on the basis of the book rates. Discounts and rebates are going to be an unpleasant surprise to him.”
“All of which will make him the easier to handle.”
“Maybe. With gloves.”