human
It's no use to part like this. Come back and talk it over again. Once more a similar pantomime was played; but this time I was much slower to give way.
gpt
It can't be done at the price. Impossible. Think of the risk I should----
human
Then don't do it. I tell you if you mean there's any risk in the thing, I won't touch it with a ten-foot pole. I thought a few marks was all that would be necessary; but if you offered to give it me for nothing and there's any risk I wouldn't take it. Get that into your head.
gpt
Do you think I give things away?
human
Not I, seeing how you cling to the dirt on you.
gpt
It takes too much time to clean things; and time's money, he replied, with one of his repulsive leers.
human
But I like you. You say what you mean. I'll take a hundred marks from you.
gpt
Will you? You'll be cleverer than I take you for, if you do.
human
But there's the----