human
Catching you, too, is it, Victor? queried the hydrographer, dropping easily into his attitude of affable cynicism.
gpt
I thought it would. But tell me, what are some of the things that may happen?
human
It's easy to predict two of them: some people will make a pot of money and some will lose out.
gpt
Of course you don't take any stock in the rumor that the government will call a halt?
human
You wouldn't suppose it could be possible.
gpt
No. Yet the rumor persists. Hosford hinted to me the other day that there might be a Congressional investigation a little further along to determine whether the true _pro bono publico_ lay in the reclamation of a piece of yellow desert or in the preservation of an exceedingly promising and rapidly growing young city.
human
Hosford is almost as good a boomer as Mr. Cortwright. Everybody knows that.
gpt
Yes. I guess Mirapolis will have to grow a good bit more before Congress can be made to take notice, was the hydrographer's dictum.
human
Isn't that your notion?
gpt
I don't pretend to have opinions any more, Grizzy. I'm living from day to day. If the tail should get big enough to wag the dog----
human
What's come over you, lately, Victor? I won't say you're half-hearted, but you're certainly not the same driver you were a few weeks ago, before the men quit calling you 'Hell's-Fire.'
gpt
It's going to be a long job, Grizzy. Perhaps I saw that I couldn't hope to keep keyed up to concert pitch all the way through. Call it that, anyway. I've promised to motor Miss Cortwright to the upper dam this afternoon, and it's time to go and do it.