human
If they're not as rubbishy as usual, I'll buy a few things and give them to the maids. Is that the whole of your stock?
gpt
I've a box of new gramophone records.
human
You'll buy them, Elcot.
gpt
You haven't tried the other lot, Hunter protested.
human
Besides, the instrument seemed to have contracted bronchitis when I last had it out.
gpt
It will do to amuse the boys when the nights get dark, replied Florence. Then she turned to Alison.
human
One could hardly get a dollar out of him with a lever.
gpt
Doesn't it depend on the kind of lever you use?
human
Oh, in the case of the average man it doesn't matter, so long as it's strong enough and you have a fulcrum. We'll admit that the type can be generous, but it's only when it throws a reflected luster on themselves. Otherwise judicious pressure is necessary.
gpt
Are you going to camp with us to-night?
human
No, answered the latter.
gpt
I have some business at the Bluff, and I want to get off again early to-morrow.