human
And it shall all go into our business, Bob, said he, proudly,
gpt
Oh, no, Herbert, that would not be right,
human
Yes, I am sure it would, replied The Boy Broker.
gpt
My being imprisoned was due to no effort of my own, but rather to my simplicity, my lack of keenness. My release, on the other hand, was due to your brave efforts to rescue me. I walked into the trap unconsciously, you walked into it with your eyes open, risking your very life to save me. To you therefore the greater reward is due--you earned your portion, I helplessly endured the misery that has brought me mine.
human
But I did not suffer any and you did,
gpt
You, however, took the chances of suffering, and those who take great chances in business, in war and in dangerous enterprises, of whatever character, if successful are well rewarded for the part they have borne. No, Bob, I would not think of keeping all this money, continued Herbert, impressively.
human
We are partners in business together. Let us start with equal interest, then we should feel no jealousy toward each other. This five hundred dollars will enable us to do five times the business we are now doing, and if we save the profits we make we can still further increase it month by month.
gpt
Do you remember, Herbert, said Bob, with grateful expression,
human
Yes, I remember it well, Bob,
gpt
And now you ask me to take two hundred and fifty dollars from you. Why should I not refuse your offer as you refused mine?
human
Bob, said Herbert, taking him by the hand,
gpt
I think you were right, Herbert, replied Bob, thoughtfully.
human
I couldn't think so then, however, but it is plain to me now.
gpt
I know I was right. It was the suffering I went through in those dreary winter months and the miserable drudgery I was forced to perform that at last gave me a knowledge of this business. It was an education to me, Bob, of a most practical character, and now that it is all over I can only feel glad that I was forced out of my comfortable clerkship into the cold wintry street that had so sunny an ending.