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'Well, my dear boy, the reason was that I expected every day to get back
here, and each day was detained a little longer.'
'Very good; the point I want to impress upon you is this--time is
getting short. If we are going to form this company, we have to set about
it at once.'
'My dear fellow,' said Longworth, in an expostulating tone of voice,
'that is exactly what I told myself. The time _is_ getting short, as you
say. Of course, as I said when I joined you, I cannot give my whole time
to this. We are equal partners, and the fact that I had to leave for a
few days should not interrupt the business we have on hand. What did you
expect to do if I had not been a partner at all?'
'If you were not a partner,' replied Wentworth with some heat, 'we should
have gone on and formed our company, or failed; but the very fact that
you _are_ a partner is just what now retards us. We do not feel justified
in doing anything until it has your approval, or until we know that it
does not run counter with something you have already done.'
'Well, gentlemen, if you feel like that about it, I am quite willing to
withdraw. I am ready to give up the paper I hold from you, and receive
back the paper you hold from me. Of course we cannot work together if
there are to be any recriminations. I have done my best; I have done
everything that I promised to do--even more than that; but if you think
for a moment you can get on better without me, I am ready at any time
to retire.
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