human
Such things travel very rapidly in commercial circles,
gpt
I had no idea that you were a commercial circle, retorted Polly.
human
I wonder who's crooked. Gresham laughed shortly.
gpt
It isn't Johnny! she indignantly asserted.
human
I know how Johnny's fifteen thousand was saved from this attachment, but I wouldn't tell where it is--even here.
gpt
I suppose that was an old Gamble-Collaton account, Loring surmised with another speculative glance at Gresham.
human
I am quite certain that Johnny knows nothing whatever of this claim--let alone the attachment. The operations of his big irrigation failure were so extensive that, with the books lost, he can never tell when an additional claim may be filed against him. If suit is made in an obscure court, and Collaton, who hasn't a visible dollar, answers summons and confesses judgment for the firm, Johnny has no recourse.
gpt
Except to repudiate payment,
human
I wish he would, returned Loring impatiently.
gpt
I wish he would let me handle his affairs in my own way.
human
He won't,
gpt
Tell me, Mr. Loring, interposed Constance, who had been silently thoughtful all this while;
human
It might--and very seriously,