human
I tell you, Florian, said he,
gpt
I believe the professor is right about this. It seems that there are precedents, you know--cases on all-fours with yours. When I went to the telephone, up there, I called up Stacy and Stacy's and asked 'em to get me Dun's and Bradstreet's report on your Bellevale business. It ought to be up here pretty soon. There may be something down there worth looking after, and needing attention.
human
Perhaps, groaned Amidon.
gpt
Do you know that I'm engaged----
human
One of the things I referred to,
gpt
Message, sir, from Stacy and Stacy,
human
M--m--m----Y--e--es, said he.
gpt
It'll take diplomacy, Florian, diplomacy. But, if these reports are to be trusted, and I guess they are, you've got about ten times as much at Bellevale as you have at Hazelhurst. And, as you say, the lady has claims. As an honorable man--an engaged man, who has received the plighted troth of a pure young heart--and a good financier, this Bellevale life demands resumption at your hands. Prepare, fellow citizen, to meet the difficulties of the situation.