Chapter 32: The Debt

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​⁠Colonel Symonds Dodd sat at his desk in the First National block and clutched helplessly at the dragging ends of events. He failed to get firm hold on anything and irefully informed Judge Warren that the whole situation was a “damnation nightmare.”

“Well,” affirmed the judge, who had been pricked in his legal pride by his master's tongue, “the Consolidated has eaten some pretty hearty meals. It's n