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Point of Departure - Vaughan Shelton
POINT OF DEPARTURE
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Vaughan Shelton
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Point of Departure
POINT OF DEPARTURE
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HALLECK, FOR PETE’S SAKE, SIT down! You act as if you were ready to attack Donner with your bare hands.
The president of the Research Foundation removed an expensive cigar from its plastic cocoon and lit it from young Taplin’s eagerly offered lighter.
Halleck sat down. Sorry, G. W. This business has me on edge. I feel responsible for Donner’s activities—and for the missing $300,000, too. The whole thing reeks of larceny.
"You are responsible, Hal. The president’s tone was crisp but not accusing.
That’s what a general manager gets paid for. Isn’t it time Donner showed up?"
He’s to be here at ten, Mr. Caples. The girl will buzz us as soon as he comes in.
Orville Taplin was a very good secretary, but his eagerness to prove it sometimes irked his superiors. Shall I order some coffee sent up, Mr. Caples?
Not just now. Look, Hal, have you checked on this Simon Kane that Donner mentions in his letter? He doesn’t sound quite real. Do we know if there is such a person?
Taplin interrupted the general manager to answer the question. Yes, sir. There really is a Simon Kane. I talked to Dr. Reed by transatlantic telephone last night. He said Kane was public relations man on his first expedition to Egypt in 1958.
"Why the blazes didn’t you let me talk to him? Halleck was on his feet again, a sharp-faced, balding man with a temper that suggested ulcers.
G. W., I—"
"Forget it, Hal! What else, young