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"YOU INVENTED it yourself? " cried Mr. Blythe. "And you've dug this well in a third of the time that the ordinary drill requires? Why, Mr. Swift, do you know that you have made one of the most important inventions of this century? Where is the drill? Can I look at it? Have you patented it? Is it for sale? Are you open to a proposition?"
The questions came tumbling from him one after the other in a way that showed plainly how this astute business man had been shaken out of his customary calm.