William Gaddis - J R

— No but I believe I read about it in the papers, they think it may cause deafness in children and I would hardly think he would want to continue its…

— Same one yes must be dropping it wants Panama to notify its overseas distributors no more coming through when they’ve exhausted present shelf stocks who is it Virginia…

— But good heavens what…

— It’s the General Mister Davidoff he…

— Told you to tell him I here give it to me hello, sir…? Yes sir I see sir we… that we sent over Skyscraper Management and Industrial Marketing and there are no pic… I’m sorry we’ll do our best sir yes sir we… That you’re leaving tonight yes sir but you do plan to be back by the twenty-first sir? We… No sir the date of the field trip by a class of schoolchildren to visit the upt… Yes sir I did write the memo sir but the Boss himself came up with the idea a sort of pet proj… in connection with our textbook project yes sir the company’s expansion in this field growing faster than defense, publi… sir? Oh yes sir no sir I didn’t mean… a figure of speech sir I didn’t mean… I certainly will in the fut… yes schoolchildren to visit the company’s uptown headquarters yes sir the Boss is quite proud of it and wanted them to meet some of the company’s disting… No sir to tell the truth I’ve never been up there myself either sir but… Done this kind of thing before sir yes sir I’ll arrange a photog… No sir I thought we would just give them box lun… He didn’t say whether he would be there himself no sir but… Yes sir… Yes sir I certainly will affirmative yes sir I… sir? Hangs up oh Virginia head Duncan off there looks like he’s…

— I believe his patience has reached an end Mister Davidoff and frankly mine is…

— Think he just wait Mister Duncan? Sorry this one’s full have to go up the hall second door past the soldier boy by the mop closet Skinner’s up there give you the key anything else to clear up Beamish let’s skip your legalese get to the point, may have Mister Bast out here any minute few things I have to review with him anybody calls Virginia just tell them who’s that…

— They want Mister Piscat…

— Tell them he’s been wait give it to me can’t tell what he’s been, hello…? Not here right now no he’s been… Davidoff yes Davi… Cohen oh calling on Nepenthe yes ran it up to sixteen today think the Boss is sitting tight on about nineteen percent of the issue just wants control so he can… wait no wants to work the nursing homes into this Health Package made to order outlets for Nobili got Hopper here now with his cemetery Brisboy bringing in his funer… what? General who? one thing we need right now anoth… Oh why didn’t you say so without the h yes why didn’t you say so, thought you were on your way up brought in one of our own legal boys waiting here now to go over your figures had Piscator run down your Dun and Bradstreet told the Boss you looked a little overextended mentioned controlling interest in another company sounds dead on its… Don’t worry about it no just took it as security on the loan help this man Skinner out with his option on a publishing deal got him under management contract real topfli… don’t know no joint tenant said the gal he just married picked it up in her div… whose name hers? No didn’t see the papers myself the Boss probably has them likes to get hold of those things hims… just Piscator’s memo yes didn’t seem to bother him mentioned your interest in this company dead on its feet a lawsuit you’ve been running for twenty years and a wrangle with the IRS all par for the course didn’t seem to bother… what? No what just happened… He did? but how… Tough yes sorry to hear it Coen wouldn’t think anybody would take it that hard see companies going public every day doesn’t change the… doesn’t change the book value though does it what’s… Didn’t mean it to sound like that Coen sounds like a fine man just meant to ask what’s General Roll’s product line parent company here might be int… expanding in paper products yes what about this Nathan Wise you’re tied up with they in continuous forms too…? Make what…? What I thought you said yes quite a switch how’d… Pill came along and knocked them off their feet did it? how many hundred thousand gross in inventory…? Certainly is yes how’d you people happen to get into… what in player pianos? Didn’t know they used sheep membranes in the mechanisms no one of our divisions brewery uses them in a yeast filtering process George Wonder out there just died great friend of old Senator Milliken seems to take a lively int… who Milliken’s family? Big minority stockholders in Nathan Wise pill came in must have wondered what hit them might be able to work something out for you though we… waiting for a call from the Senator now yes parent company just retained his old hometown law firm out there keep an eye on some other devel… Don’t know no have to put you on with our legal eagle here let you two trade legal gobbledy wait where’s, Virginia? Where’s Beamish sitting right here a minute ago must have gone up the hall Coen have him get back to you oh and Virginia, call I put through to Senator Milliken what happened to that boy over there unbuttoned down to his what’s he doing here…

— He’s this messenger Mister Davidoff he brought this stuff from Mister Gall he’s waiting for you to sign…

— Yes where’s never find a pencil here give it to him get him out of here looks like he’d cut his mother’s man in the hat is that Walldecker said he was coming up here for…

— No he said he’s this private detective Mister Davidoff he said he wants to ask you some whereabouts of…

— Find out what he wants piano just stopped in there Mister Bast probably coming out any minute Skinner’s gal make any sense out of that black yet?

— She said he’s from this place Malwi he said it’s this country someplace he wants…

— All want something just tell her to find out what he wants oh and Vir…

— He said he’s looking for that Mister Schepperman he…

— One thing we really need right now help an artist out once he’ll never forgive you follow you to the grave, cost me one job to get rid of that lunatic so he follows me here tries to unload two tons of rusty iron calls it a stabile now he’s lining up his friends for a handout every black in sight’s an artist, can’t do anything else suddenly discover they’re an artist just tell that one to wait help Mister Bast with that attaché case Virginia lock’s broken papers spilling out didn’t see you come in Mister Bast in there clearing up this publishing jam not leaving though are you few brush fires to…

— There’s one thing I’d like to get taken care of Mister Davidoff, I’ve been waiting for a…

— Here sit down put your case just put it here Virginia move this what’s this…

— It’s that Health Package file you told me to get before when you wanted…

— Don’t think Mister Bast wants to dive into that yet waiting for Brisboy to come up with his funeral figures probably want to get into Hopper’s cemetery with him over there first and…

— Mister Davidoff there’s one thing I want to work out as soon as possible, I’m tired and I still have a good deal of…

— Look tired look exhausted hardly have known you though in this new outfit quite a switch, sort of the unisex look isn’t it trying to handle most of these brush fires myself so you could put your time in on this Foundation project this all the music here?

— Yes and I’ve been waiting for a call to arrange to record…

— Don’t worry about it got them on the phone myself lined up your orchestra just holding up studio rental till we find how long you run how many sessions we’ll…