And all the two-share tinymites. I don't know who inherits
Fleming's voting interest, but I can find out for you by this time
tomorrow."
"Do that, Tip, and bill me for what you think finding out is worth," Rand
said. "It'll be a novel reversal of order for you to be billing me for an
investigation.... Now, how about the family, as distinct from the
company?"
"Well, there's your client, Gladys Fleming. She married Lane Fleming
about ten years ago, when she was twenty-five and he was fifty-five. In
spite of the age difference, I understand it was a fairly happy marriage.
Then, there are two daughters by a previous marriage, Nelda Dunmore and
Geraldine Varcek, and their respective husbands. They all live together,
in a big house at Rosemont. In the company, Dunmore is Sales, and Varcek
is Production. They each have a corner of the mantle of Lane Fleming in
one hand and a dirk in the other. Nelda and Geraldine hate each other
like Greeks and Trojans. Nelda is the nymphomaniac sister, and Geraldine
is the dipsomaniac. From time to time, temporary alliances get formed,
mainly against Gladys; all of them resent the way she married herself
into a third-interest in the estate. You're going to have yourself a
nice, pleasant little stay in the country.
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