The World at Her Feet

"Oh, now that you mention it, that's Edward Stanton! His institute's formula for that strong lung cancer drug has the whole medical world fighting over it."

The exchange between these two left the onlookers utterly stunned.

So Stanton, inventor of the lung cancer wonder drug—a middle-aged man crying his eyes out—turned out to be a big shot. Whoever impressed him that much must be someone special.