CHAPTER IVHe didn’t like the idea of putting a contract like that in writing. As he pointed out, I could use that contract to extract blackmail out of him, in case I threw up the overseer job on the ranch. But I showed him that in case I couldn’t make a go of the thing, I wouldn’t be able to get much out of him. The only opinion he had to be afraid of was his grandfather’s and the only person that could let him win his grandfather’s respect—and money—was me.
Randal thought it all over very slowly, his eyes fixed on a far corner of the room, but not a shadow of a frown on his face. I could tell that he was a deep one by that. Your simple chap will wrinkle his face into a knot when he’s working out a problem, but your real deep one never bats an eye. Finally Randal looks me in the eye:
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