human
My good fellow, I implore you again to spare the horseflesh and the whipcord--both important items--and take it easy like me.
gpt
Jack, replied Edmonstone warmly,
human
Yes, on the whole. But I don't see the good of hurrying on now to reach the township at an unearthly hour, when all the time we might camp in comfort anywhere here. To my mind, a few hours, or even a night or two, more or less----
gpt
Are neither here nor there? Exactly! broke in Edmonstone, with increasing warmth.
human
Jack, Jack! the days those very words cost us! Add them up--subtract them from the time we've been on the roads--and we'd have been back a week ago at least. I shall have no peace of mind until I step out of the bank, and that's the truth of it.
gpt
I can see that, returned Flint, serenely.
human
The burden of riches, you see--and young blood! When you've been out here as long as I have, you'll take things easier, my son.
gpt
You don't understand my position, said Edmonstone.
human
You laugh when I tell you I came out here to make money: all the same, I mean to do it. I own I had rotten ideas about Australia--all new chums have. But if I can't peg out my claim and pick up nuggets, I'm going to do the next best thing. It may be hawking and it may not. I mean to see. But we must give the thing a chance, and not run unnecessary risks with the gross proceeds of our very first trip. A hundred and thirty pounds isn't a fortune; but it may be the nucleus of one; and it's all we've got between us in this world meanwhile.
gpt
My dear old boy, I'm fully alive to it. I only don't see the point of finishing the trip at a gallop.
human
The point is that our little all is concealed about my person,
gpt
And my point is that it and we are absolutely safe. How many more times am I to tell you so?