human
I suppose you wish to do it to encourage them--out of philanthropy?
gpt
You can put that question to your husband or Thorne. I'm willing to confess that in these affairs I'm out for business pure and simple, though that doesn't prevent my taking an interest in my friends' difficulties now and then. He tapped the bills with his fingers.
human
You are at present short of three hundred dollars?
gpt
I'm short of nine hundred,