Chapter 19 Summary

Thorby is finding it more difficult than ever to find the information he seeks concerning Rudbek and Assoc., and it is becoming more and clearer that Uncle Jack and Judge Bruder are sabotaging his attempts to find this information. They also continue to pressure him to sign documents admitting his own incompetence and ceding his controlling shares to his step-uncle.

Thorby examines the evidence and concludes that Uncle Jack is going to do whatever he can to maintain control of the company that he has put so much work into, and is not prepared to hand over his authority to a stranger who had been missing for fifteen years and knows nothing of the company's operations.

Thorby is sympathetic to Uncle Jack's predicament, and is tempted to sign control of Rudbek back over to him, if it weren't for his opinion of Judge...