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"You mean nothing will be done until I sign?"
"That is correct"
"I don't understand. Suppose I were dead -- or had never been born. Does business stop every time a Rudbek dies?"
"Mmm . . . well, no. A court authorizes matters to proceed. But you are here and we must take that into consideration. Now see here, I'm at the very end of my patience. You seem to think, simply because you've read a few balance sheets, that you understand business. You don't. For example your belief that you can order instruments turned over to you that were given to John Weemsby personally and are not even company property. If you were to attempt to take charge of the firm at this time -- if we proceeded with your notion to have your parents declared dead -- I can see that we would have all sorts of confusion while you were finding your balance. We can't afford it. The company can't afford it. Rudbek can't afford it. So I want those papers signed today and no more shilly-shallying. You understand?"
Thorby lowered his head. "I won't."
"What do you mean, 'You won't'?"
"I won't sign anything until I know what I'm doing. If I can't even see the papers my parents signed, then I certainly won't."
"We'll see about that!"
"I'm going to sit tight until I find out what's going on around here!"
Chapter 19
Thorby discovered that finding out was difficult. Things went on much as before but were not the same
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