human
My dear young gentleman and my dear young lady, he began in a thin, high voice,
gpt
I am, as you may observe, my dear young gentleman and my dear young lady, extremely old; and I am obliged to confess to the possession of certain follies of which I am now entirely unable to rid myself. Fortunately for myself, I am excessively rich, and so am perfectly well able to indulge those whims, however absurd, that have now grown altogether a part of my nature, and which, in one so old as myself, can never hope to be eradicated. Learning that you, my dear young gentleman, were an attorney-at-law, I determined to approach you as a client, and to purchase of you a small portion of your no doubt extremely valuable time. Upon this he drew from beneath his cloak a leathern purse full of money, which he set upon the table.
human
In this, he continued,
gpt
And what, cried Griscombe, with a voice he could scarcely command,--
human
I hardly know, said the old man,
gpt
You villain, he cried in a hoarse and straining voice,
human
I know what are your designs; and but for this young lady, and my desire to conceal from her your ominous purposes, I would fling you at once out of the window. Begone, lest I find it impossible to restrain myself!