In any case, the old man is with you, Lee, to the end of the scrap--if you go ahead.

What about your bondholders?
Will they stand for risking what's not yet spent?
They will save considerable by your stopping now; they'll lose all if we fail." "What do you----" Pat's raised hand halted him.
"Ask me nothing," said he.

"That's for you alone to settle.

If you spend their money and win, they'll say 'Thank you'-- maybe; and if you go under, they'll damn you up one side and down the other and probably try to send you to the pen.

You're the chief; you have to decide; you can't share the responsibility--anyway, not with me.