“Speak not of it to me, my friend. My doctor, he assures me that one dies not of it⁠—and it is for the one time only; you understand, that never⁠—never shall I return.”

He pushed me into a chair.

“Come, I will tell you how it all came about. Do you know who is the richest man in the world? Richer even than Rockefeller? Abe Ryland.”

“The American Soap King?”