Robert Grant Burns he had considered a fixture with the company.
It had never entered his mind that he might possibly land within the Great Western's high concrete wall,--and that other wall which was higher and had fewer gates, and which was invisible withal.

That the great Dewitt himself should seek Luck out was just a bit staggering.

He wanted to go out and tell the bunch about it, but he decided to wait until everything was settled.

Most of all he wanted the Acme to know that Dewitt wanted him; that would be a real slap in the face of Mart's judgment, a vindication of Luck's abilities as a director.
What Luck did was to telephone the hospital and learn all he could about Burns' condition.

He was genuinely sorry that Burns was sick, even though he was mightily proud of being chosen as Burns' successor.