human
I haven't said I'd take it--positively.
gpt
Naturally. Of course you haven't.
human
I don't quite see that, he objected, trying to rally his pluck,
gpt
Oh, don't you? To me it's self-evident. We may have lost money, but we're still not--recipients of alms.
human
This wasn't alms. It was four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
gpt
That's a great deal; but I supposed it would be something large. And yet the magnitude of the sum only makes it the more impossible to accept.
human
Y-es; of course--if you look at it in that way.
gpt
Surely it's the only way to look at it? Aren't you going to drink your tea?
human
No, I think not. I've had enough. I've--I've had enough--of everything.