“I cannot believe it,” he said. “I cannot credit my brother, my own brother, could treat me in such a manner.”
“Elvin cannot have intended to involve you personally in this,” Gary said with just a hint of a smile on his lips.
“But I am involved! ” Harvey replied. “You know that as well as I do! Can you imagine what the papers will make of it? It will be a front page scandal and how the Republicans will love it! I can just imagine Theodore Roosevelt enjoying every word and making full use of it in his campaign.”
“There must be something we can do,” Gary said feebly.
As if it might give him inspiration, he finished off his drink in one gulp and went to the side table to pour himself another.
The two brothers were silent until a few moments later the door opened and Wynstan Vanderfeld ca
