human
Oh, Joe, I'm sorry,
gpt
You needn't be. Bill Nourse and I will stick together as long as we live. Ethel looked at him sharply, but he did not notice.
human
Because, he said,
gpt
You mean that he--your partner--wants something more than money?
human
Do you think Bill cares about money alone?
gpt
Why, yes!
human
That's funny. But Joe's laugh was grim.
gpt
If Bill had had his way with me, I'd have had a name as an architect that would have been known all over the country--instead of being what I am, a gambler in cheap real estate.
human
Then why, she asked herself in a daze,
gpt
She frowned in such a puzzled way.
human
You, a friend? How funny!