human
Uncle Vincent, said he, coming to the point at once,
gpt
And what to risk?
human
A ship and a cargo.
gpt
Nothing else?
human
Nothing, except the crew and the captain, and that does not reckon for much.
gpt
Let us see,
human
It is all seen, replied James Playfair.
gpt
You have read the _Tribune_, the _New York Herald, The Times_, the _Richmond Inquirer_, the _American Review_?
human
Scores of times, nephew.
gpt
You believe, like me, that the war of the United States will last a long time still?
human
A very long time.
gpt
You know how much this struggle will affect the interests of England, and especially those of Glasgow?
human
And more especially still the house of Playfair & Co.,
gpt
Theirs especially,
human
I worry myself about it every day, James, and I cannot think without terror of the commercial disasters which this war may produce; not but that the house of Playfair is firmly established, nephew; at the same time it has correspondents which may fail. Ah! those Americans, slave-holders or Abolitionists, I have no faith in them!