"You mean to say that it makes no difference whether or not I am a stockholder when I demand to see the books of the company in which I hold my interest?"
"Not the slightest," he admitted.
"I suppose you have consulted counsel as to this?"
"Oh! yes; but it was not necessary."
"Well! you have the books?"
"Oh! yes."
"Because some of your people told me that they had been burnt up in a fire."
"Did they tell you that?" he smilingly asked. "They did that to save you trouble."
"Considerate in them."
"Of course, we have the books—in our vaults."