Chapter 17 No.17

"I have come, not to quarrel with you, but to try to dissuade you." The Honorable Mr. Wickliffe bit savagely at his cigar, and gave a despairing spread to his well-manicured hands. "You stand in danger of becoming the most cordially hated man in New York-hated by the most powerful combinations in New York."

Wilfred Horton leaned back in a swivel