Original Commentary

So, what exactly did Mr. Taylor do? Accounting and finance. I'm trying to gloss past the exact details here because I don't entirely understand what it high-scale corporate finance involves. I'm sure it'd be entirely too complex for me to describe properly even if I did understand it. Dan's line in the first panel paraphrases Teddy Roosevelt's comments about his daughter, Alice - Terrence

Modern Commentary
Of course Brisbane would trust Mr. Taylor. Brisbane is a very trusting guy.

Dan gets along with Mr. Taylor, but Dan wouldn't buy in to one of his business deals - Terrence