The Affair Of The Avalanche Bicycle And Tyre Company

Well, Stedman answered, "of course I can't say. I don't know much about the firm -- nobody does, as far as I can tell -- but they seem to have got a business together in almost no time; that is, if the business is as genuine as it looks at first sight. But they want a rare lot of capital, and then the prospectus -- well I've seen more satisfactory ones, you know. I don't say it isn't all right, of course, but still I shan't go out of my way to recommend any friends of mine to plunge on it.