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 you go after a thing and not get it.' And that's encouraging, anyhow."

"Now you're trying to intimidate me," she said, affecting alarm.

"No, I wasn't, really," he laughed. "Besides, there's a saying that all signs fail in dry weather."

She shook her head. "I fear that's beyond me, Mr. Forbes."

"It is rather obscure, I'll confess. But I understand that saying to mean that as long as it doesn't much matter, you can tell what the weather is going to be from a study of the signs, but when there's a long drought and it means a lot to have rain, the usual indications can't be depended on. Perhaps it's so in my case. The fact that I've usually obtained what I wanted when my wants weren't vastly important, doesn't signify that I won't fail now that I'm after what really counts. Rather involved, isn't it?"

"A little," she agreed. "Tell me about this Dave. You say he is your partner? And you are interested in mining?"