Chapter 20 Summary

Thorby confides in Leda, and learns that he is under constant surveillance. He also learns that his shares in Rudbek are being hidden from him, and that Joel de la Croix, the man who approached him in chapter 17, has been fired for going over the heads of Weemsby and Judge Bruder to speak directly to Thorby. He also learns that Uncle Jack is trying to arrange a marriage between Thorby and Leda.

If Thorby is going to demand that Weemsby and Bruder hand him over his shares, he is going to need a lawyer, and Leda refers him to James J. Garsch in New Washington. Thorby and Leda travel to New Washington together on the pretense that they are sightseeing.

They visit the Replica Lincoln Memorial, and Thorby believes that he sees a resemblance to Baslim in the statue of the great leader...