Tom Warren needed either cash, or time. Cash would have enabled him to repay what he had borrowed from Jasper Thorn. But he didn't have cash, so he called on the wealthy man to ask for time. It seemed that the man was receptive to the request, until he mentioned that he only needed a week. Knowing that the young man had something in the pipeline, he refused the request, which would leave Tom no option but to auction his stock of fine horses, which would cost him everything...