“They believe it all right.”
“Say, Boss. Why not get Mart Embree’s view on it?”’
“Good idea.”
Jeremy went to the Governor-elect. “What did you expect?” asked that acute commentator on men and events. “Can’t you understand that you insulted every good German-American by attacking them on the point where their pride is most involved, the superiority of their educational system?”
“Allowing that, is this just a belated revenge on Wanser’s part?”
“No. It’s business.”
“To drop $1400 a year interest on a good note?”
“It would have cost the Trust Company more than that to carry you.”
“I don’t get the point, Martin.”
“Deutscher Club account. Emil Bausch’s account. Henry Vogt. Arndt & Niebuhr. Stockmuller—Have I said enough?”