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`` Gentlemen , we must act in a passive defence until the Worthington Estate sends in a man to control the situation . I shall move that three of us retain lawyers to defend us all and advise us as to our joint course , for I apprehend Mr. Arthur Ferris will be a King Shark if he rules over us . '' While the endangered officials burned the midnight oil , the hollow-eyed Arthur Ferris was hidden at the Waldorf-Astoria with that sage statesman Senator Dunham . It was long after midnight when Dunham dismissed his nephew . He had half pooh-poohed away the fears of the young schemer . `` Of course , the girl is rattled . You see , no one but you and I know of the marriage .