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’Abel, is that you?’

’Yes, Henry, I thought you’d want to be the first to hear that Kane knows everything, so now the battle is out in the open’

’What do you ? Do you think he knows I’m involved?’ asked Henry anxiously

’He sure does, and he also sees in Lester’s Bank and Interstate Airways!

’How could he possibly know everything in such detail? Only you and I know about the special accounts’

’And Curtis Fenton,’ said Abel, interrupting hiht But he would never inform Kane’

’He et that Kane dealt directly with Curds Fenton when I brought the Richmond Group from his bank I suppose they ’

’Jesus’

’You sound worried, Henry!

’If Williaa you, Abel, he’s not in the habit of losing!

’Nor ahtenall the aces inin Kane’s stock?’

’Off the top of my head, you own six per cent of Lesteis Bank, and ten per cent of Interstate Airways, and odd bits of other companies they’re involved with You only need another two per cerit of Lester’s to invoke Article Seven and Peter Parfitt is still biting’

’Excellent,’ said Abel ’I don’t see how the situation could be better

Continue talking to Par - fitt, re that I’m in no hurry while Kane can’t even approach hi we’ll let Kane wonder e’re up to And be sure you do nothing until I return from Europe After , I can assure you that, to use a gentle but I’ll let you into a secret, Henry I’o on that way because I have no intention of ood and ready’

’Fine,’ said Henry ’I’ll keep you infor comes up at this end that we should worry about’

’Youfor us to worry about We have your friend, Mr Kane, by the balls, and I now intend to squeeze the that,’ said Henry, sounding a little happier

’Sometihed nervously ’Have a good trip to Europe!