The receivers, two of them lawyers, had long faces when they sat down across from my desk in the office of the Imperial Printing Company.
"Frankly, Mr. Shane," said the older one, "it is a very grave question in our minds whether we should try to continue to operate the business or whether we should close the plant and liquidate the machinery and equipment the best we can."
I was stunned. "I don't understand," I said helplessly. "We've been...
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