human
Then you are quite sure that this hundred will be enough for you to go on with?
gpt
More than enough; fifty would have done. Another Queensland mail is due a month hence; and they can never fail me twice running.
human
But you say you are so far up country that you do not send down to meet every mail. Your partner may not have thought you likely to run short.
gpt
I wired him some weeks ago that I had miscalculated damages. I should have had my draft by this mail but for the floods. I feel confident they have prevented him sending down in time; there has been mention of these floods several times in the papers.
human
Well, my dear Miles, if you want more, there is more where this came from. I cashed the cheque myself this morning, by the way; I happened to be in the bank, and I thought you would like it better. Here they are--ten tens.
gpt
Colonel Bristo, I can never express--
human
Don't try, sir. You saved my life.