'Won't you sit down?'
'Thank you. I did not know where to find Mr. Kenyon, and so, being aware
that both of you were interested in this mica-mine, I called to see you
with reference to it.'
'Indeed! I understood Mr. Kenyon to say that he had called upon you, and
that you had decided to have nothing to do with it.'
'I hardly think he was justified in saying anything quite so definite. I
got from him such particulars as he cared to give. He is not a very
communicative man at the best, but he told me something about it, and I
have been thinking over his proposal. I have now concluded to help you in
this matter, if you care to have my aid. Perhaps, however, things have
got to such a stage that you do not wish any assistance?'
'On the contrary, we have done very little. Mr. Kenyon is just now among
the china manufactories in the North, finding out what demand there will
be in England for this mineral.'
'Ah, I see. Have you had reports from him yet?'
'Nothing further than a letter this morning, which is very satisfactory.'
'There is no question, then, about the mineral being useful in the china
trade?'
'No question whatever.'
'Well, I am glad of that. Now, Mr. Kenyon spoke to me on the steamer of
going in share and share alike; that is, you taking a third, he taking a
third, and I taking a third. We did not go very minutely into
particulars, but I suppose we each share the expense in the same way--the
preliminary expenses, I mean?'
'Yes,' said Wentworth; 'that would be the arrangement, I imagine.
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