"He had heard that A.Jones was in this neighborhood, but had never met him.

A.Jones was a person of sufficient importance to make the general manager of the Continental Film Company tremble in his boots." "He really did tremble," asserted Patsy, "and he was abject in his apologies." "Showing," added Flo Stanton, "that Goldstein is afraid of him." "I wonder why," said Maud.
"It is all very easy of solution," remarked Arthur.

"Goldstein believes that Jones is in the market to buy films.

Perhaps he's going to open a motion picture theatre on his island.

So the manager didn't want to antagonize a good customer." "That's it," said Uncle John, nodding approval.