human
I don't know why Mr. Melmotte is to be different from anybody else, he had said to his father.
gpt
When I buy a thing and don't pay for it, it is because I haven't got the tin, and I suppose it's about the same with him. It's all right, no doubt, but I don't see why he should have got hold of the place till the money was paid down.
human
Of course it's all right, said the father.
gpt
You think you understand everything, when you really understand nothing at all.
human
Of course I'm slow, said Dolly.
gpt
I don't comprehend these things. But then Squercum does. When a fellow is stupid himself, he ought to have a sharp fellow to look after his business.
human
You'll ruin me and yourself too, if you go to such a man as that. Why can't you trust Mr. Bideawhile? Slow and Bideawhile have been the family lawyers for a century.