human
By-the-by, Noah, said he,
gpt
I am going to-day to ----. I have a large sum of money to receive from my lawyer,--the payment for Crawford's farm, which I sold a few months ago. The land was bad, and I was offered a good price for it,--more, indeed, than I thought it was worth. Horner advised me to sell, and I sold it accordingly. It may be late when I return to-morrow night, which I shall do by the F---- coach. It will put me down on the other side of the park, and I shall have to walk home by the plantations, and through the great avenue; and, though the distance is but a mile, to tell you the truth, I should not like to meet Bill Martin and his gang, after nightfall, in such a lonely place, especially with a large sum of money on my person,--at least from 500_l._ to 1,000_l._ I wish you would bring your gun, and wait for the coming up of the coach, at the second gate, which leads into that lonely plantation. It will be in by ten o'clock.
human
That I will, with the greatest pleasure, I cried, and all my petty resentment vanished.
gpt
I am not afraid of twenty Bill Martins. I only wish I may have the luck to meet with him.
human
I shall feel perfectly safe with you, Noah. But--hallo! I forgot, is not to-morrow the great cricket-match at S----? and you must be there.
gpt
It is, said I;
human
You are their best hand?
gpt
Yes; I know _that_, and they know it too. However, for this time they must try and win the match without me. Good morning, Mr. Carlos, I will not fail to meet you as you desire.