Nine Men in Time

I thought I knew why they were so willing to close the plant it was part of an estate, and the way things were, it took a lot of their time each month for not too big a fee. But if the estate should be liquidated--well, figure it out yourself. This business was all mixed up between an administratorship and a receivership and the attorney's fees for liquidation would be a percentage of a hundred-thousand-dollar shop. It could run to a nice sum. They'd sell out, collect their fee and forget it. A nice clean deal for them. And no more worry.