human
Get down from your seat,
gpt
Sure, Mike!
human
Hands up!
gpt
Sorry, old man, but you've stuck up the wrong train. I ain't carrying no consignment of gold this trip. Thirty-four cents, a pocket knife with a blade missing and a dollar watch, that's the lot. You're welcome to it for the experience.
human
Much obliged, he answered, matching the other's tone.
gpt
Keep the change. This hold-up isn't meant for you personally.
human
What is it then?
gpt
I just want to give your passenger a transfer.
human
Gee! A stiff! I suppose you're one of these here now medical students then.
gpt
If you like.
human
I didn't think they was so hard-pushed for stiffs nowadays. Well, take your choice. A stiff more or less is nothing to me. We get hardened to 'em in this business.
gpt
Run her into the road, he said,
human
Is the door locked?
gpt
Take your choice,
human
Did you read the labels before you loaded them in? asked Greg.
gpt
I want the one marked Alfieri.
human
Oh, the dago. He's on the bottom. He's the heaviest.
gpt
Have a cigar, said Greg.
human
Have a couple.
gpt
Much obliged, Jack. Certainly square of you. Wouldn't mind being stuck up any night if they was all like you. Life is slow in this neck of the woods.
human
Sorry I'll have to report my loss as soon as I get in, said the driver.
gpt
You see the station agent helped me to load up and he's a cranky cuss, not a regular guy like you and me. What's a stiff more or less to a reasonable man! But you see the relatives kick up such a dust.
human
That's all right, said Greg.
gpt
We have to take our chances of course.
human
Tell you what I'll do though. I'll give you five minutes or so before I drive on.
gpt
Thanks, that'll help.