human
I'd better pay you,
gpt
It's the rule, she said.
human
I was just going to ask the boss, seeing you--thank you,
gpt
Didn't notice. The manager says this is an American coin.
human
The manager says this is an American coin.
gpt
So it is, said Scholar easily.
human
I wasn't thinking. I haven't got anything else, either--I have only American money. Still, that's the same as two shillings; that will be all right, won't it?
gpt
I'm not supposed to take foreign money, but that's all right. Have your breakfasts. The money-changing places aren't open yet.
human
By gee, you'll get run in! whispered the Inquisitive One.
gpt
Get run in!
human
Thank you very much, answered Scholar, looking to the manager.
gpt
Perhaps you could send somebody out to get the money changed. He smiled cheerfully.
human
You don't know us, and we might run off.
gpt
Oh, that's all right--there's a place just across the street, said the man behind the counter. (The girl put down the fifty-cent piece beside him.)
human
Just arrived?
gpt
Can't eat! Can't eat! My appetite's gone! I feel stalled before I start. Couldn't touch it. Might have got run in. Might have got me run in! and he flared up angry for a moment.
human
That's what you might have done to me.
gpt
I'm going to slide,
human
Just come off a ship?
gpt
Yes, a cattle boat,
human
Don't tell him which one, whispered the Inquisitive One. And then, next moment:
gpt
No, tell him, tell him, because he'll find out, and it'll make it worse.
human
We've just come off the _Glory_.
gpt
The _Glory_? Oh, that's one of the Saint Lawrence Transport, isn't it?