The long hand drove the short before it into NO RETURN. — Christ! he came forward — where was I. And while those millions yes, and while those millions saw where they were marching up to the one eyed man, these one eyed men no. And while those millions where’s that pencil, must expect to clear thirty or forty million next three or four years… Figures appeared in the margin — how the hell many shares outstanding though can’t figure the… he sat there tapping, finally came up all at once and in to find a number penciled under KER and dial. — Hello? I’m calling Mister Pis… yes this is Gryn, Piscator? Listen yes just had an idea on your Ereb… is who here? Whose boss your boss? here? No I don’t even… been reading what statements to the press no I don’t even… No told you this morning Mister Bast didn’t mention any leases on… Look I don’t know anything about this subcommittee either just this Ray-X inventory whatever the hell it is they’re picking it up tonight down there paying cash on the… don’t know anything about that either look I just called on this Ereb… class suit no he didn’t mention that either I just called with an idea on Erebus if you’ll listen for a min… Leva no Leva hasn’t called sent up a Mother’s Day greeting a little while ago but… Never mind no, no let’s forget the whole thing sorry I bothered you I… All right can you just listen for a minute then? Know how many shares of common Erebus has outstanding…? No but… book value of the stock’s one sixty-eight yes but… Look why waste the time chasing down their stockholders’ list just publish a flat offer eighty-five ninety dollars a share knock the bottom right out of it, talk that’s going around on these losses small stockholders must be so God damned scared they’ll trample each other to death dumping it in your laps probably be picking it up at fifty or sixty before the… who Leva? Why should he be, he’ll still have the big studio won’t he? Go right on making his Christ awful pictures build up your tax loss pos… you’re welcome yes good… Crawley no nobody named Crawley’s called goodbye, I… Look I’d like to help out on it but… No, I… no… I don’t know no, now… No listen I… listen I just told you I don’t know a God damned thing about these loans voting trust rumor or anything else Mister Piscator, something God damned important here I’m working on and… what? All right yes I’ll take a message for Mister Bast if it’s brief, what… yes a shipment of sweaters ready to be flown back from Hong Kong, what… What, it’s overloaded…? If the pilot’s ready to fly it anyhow what’s the difference if the plane is over… oh. The price the insurance company’s named for the premium would wipe out your profit I’ll tell him when I… no I… no I told you I… and the what…? No I don’t know when he… No now wait listen, listen. Save us a lot of trouble here look, there must be a girl around the Hong Kong factory there who’d like a free ride to New York, give her a handful of quarters how much are the sweaters worth at retail… Fine just insure her for a quarter of a million write in the company as beneficiary if it goes down you’re… fine yes you’re… you’re welcome yes good… yes goodbye! Christ, give him an inch he wants what the hell did I come in here looking for, dictionary…
Film cans crashed as he got a foot against 24-One Pint Mazola in ascent — probably have to go through every God damned box in the place… but he got no further than
