“I thought so!” cried Newmark, with as near an approach to exultation as he ever permitted himself. “Now, just one other thing: aren't Heinzman's rollways below most of the others?”
“Yes, I believe they are,” said Orde.
“And, of course, it was agreed, as usual, that Heinzman was to break out his own rollways?”
“I see,” said Orde slowly. “You think he intends to delay things enough so we can't deliver on the date agreed on.”
“I know it,” stated Newmark positively.
“But if he refuses to deliver the logs, no court of law will—”
“Law!” cried Newmark. “Refuse to deliver! You don't know that kind. He won't refuse to deliver. There'll just be a lot of inevitable delays, and his foreman will misunderstand, and all that. You ought to know more about that than I do.”
Orde nodded, his eye abstracted.
“It's a child-like scheme,” commented Newmark. “If I'd had more knowledge of the business, I'd have seen it sooner.”
“I'd never have seen it at all,” said Orde humbly. “You seem to be the valuable member of this firm, Joe.”