human
Gentlemen, she said during a lull,
gpt
I have a plan to propose to you all.
human
If it will get us back to old Broadway before we are locked up for debt, let us have it at once, by all means,
gpt
Well, then, I propose to wait no longer for letters from home. The last boat brought nothing; it will be fourteen days before the next arrives, since you all tell me that you wrote to have your mail sent by the Mediterranean. My plan is simple. They say that a gambler always wins the first time he plays. Taking this as the golden text, I propose that each of you will spare me what money you can, and Kitty and I will go to Monte Carlo and take one plunge at the tables.
human
Monte Carlo! O'Mally brought down his fist resoundingly.
gpt
That's a good idea. If you should break the bank, think of the advertisement when you go back to New York. La Signorina Capricciosa, who broke the bank at Monte Carlo, will open at the--
human
Be still,
gpt
Dash it, business is business, and without publicity there isn't any business.
human
Mr. O'Mally is right, said La Signorina.
gpt
It would be a good advertisement. But your combined opinion is what I want.