"I can't
believe it."
"They have no idea what it will mean," said Montague.
"They know," said Rodney; "but they don't care. They've smelt blood.
That's about the size of it--they were like a lot of hounds on the
trail. You should have seen Waterman, with that lean, hungry face of
his. 'The time has come,' said he. 'There's no one here but has
known that sooner or later this work had to be done. We must crush
them, once and for all time!' And you should have seen him turn on
Prentice, when he ventured a word."
"Prentice doesn't like it, then?" asked Montague.
"I should think he wouldn't!" put in Bates.
"Waterman said he'd protect him," said Rodney. "But he must place
himself absolutely in their hands. It seems that the Trust Company
of the Republic has a million dollars with the Gotham Trust, and
that's to be withdrawn."
"Imagine it!" gasped Bates.
"And wait!" exclaimed the other; "then they got on to politics. I
would have given one arm if I could have got a photograph of Dan
Waterman at that moment--just to spread it before the American
people and ask them what they thought of it! David Ward had made the
remark that 'A little trouble mightn't have a bad effect just now.
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