I knew your face was--See here, Mr.Sterzer--Mr.Gabriel Sterzer--don't you think we'd better have a real, plain talk on this matter?
Let's get down to tacks.

Was the paper you lost something to do with the Sterzer-Gordon lawsuit?
The Aluminum Trust case, you know ?' "The old man stopped dancin', stared at him hard, and then set down and wiped his forehead.
"'Something to DO with it ?' he groans.

'Why, you idiot, it was IT! If Gordon's lawyers get that paper--and they've been after it for a year--then the fat's all in the fire.

There's nothin' left for me to do but compromise.' "When Peter T.mentioned the name of Gabriel Sterzer, me and Jonadab begun to see a light, too.

'Course you remember the bust-up of the Aluminum Trust--everybody does.