He had hoped that during the return to the Cape some chance for a talk
with the capitalist would be afforded him. But now there was no help
for it but to go back to Willie Spence's with the weight still heavy on
his heart. Mr. Galbraith, he learned, would have to remain in the city
two weeks or more; and an important business deal would keep Mr.
Snelling at the Long Island plant indefinitely. Hence for the present
there was not a possibility of clearing up the mystery. It was,
however, significant that Snelling evidently considered his part of the
work done; and if Janoah's accusations were founded on fact, as they
appeared to be, it was not surprising that he seized upon the confusion
of the present as a fortunate cover for his exit from Wilton.
The more Robert Morton pondered on the train of events, the less
willing he became to connect Mr. Galbraith with the purloining of
Willie's idea. The financier had intended to do precisely what he had
specified, lend a friendly hand to the old man's scheme. It was
Snelling who had seen in the circumstance something too promising to
let pass and who, without his employer's knowledge, had made bold to
secure the device for his personal profit.
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