Dewitt feared that it was going to be a long illness at the very best.

Would Luck consider taking the company and going on with the big five-reel feature which Burns had just begun?
Dewitt was prepared to offer special inducements and to make the position a permanent one.

He would give Burns a dramatic company to produce features at the studio, he said, and would give Luck the privilege of choosing his own scenarios and producing them in his own way.

Could Luck arrange to meet Dewitt at four that afternoon?
Luck could, by cancelling his appointment with a smaller and less important company, which he did promptly and with no compunctions whatever.

He did more than that; he postponed the other two appointments, knowing in his heart that his chances would not be lessened thereby.
After that he built a castle or two while he waited for the appointment.
The Great Western Company had been a step higher than he had hoped to reach.