human
Is Mr. Barker within and disengaged?
gpt
What name, sir?
human
Mr. James,
gpt
Mr. Barker will see you, sir.
human
Mr. James
gpt
I rather thought you might call in the course of the day, he said.
human
Come to settle up, eh?
gpt
Yes, come to settle up, was the answer, with a faint sigh.
human
Perhaps you won't mind taking the greater part in gold; your doing so will oblige me.
gpt
I shall have no objection at all, Mr. James. It don't matter to me--ha! ha!--in what form it comes, so long as I get hold of it. What nice weather we have been having of late.
human
Be good enough to count these,
gpt
I won't detain you, Mr. James, while I count the rest, he said.
human
I have no doubt I shall find them quite correct.
gpt
There are twelve there, said Mr. James, indicating the bags. Then he drew a roll of notes from his breast-pocket.
human
These will make up the seventeen.
gpt
Right you are, sir, and I'm very much obliged to you, was his comment when he had done. Then he went to a safe in one corner, and having deposited the notes and gold in it, he drew from a receptacle containing several other documents of a similar kind, a long, narrow strip of bluish paper, which he handed to his visitor.
human
All ready and prepared, you see,