human
Well, by the powers--what's this? he murmured.
gpt
A New York draft for a thousand dollars, inclosed in a letter which says nothing except a typewritten '_From One of the most grateful of all grateful patients_.' Len, what do you think of that? Who on earth sent it? I haven't had a rich patient who hasn't paid his bill, or who won't pay it in due form when he gets around to it. And the poor ones don't send checks of this size.
human
I can't imagine, she said, studying the few words on the otherwise blank sheet, and the postmark on the typewritten envelope, which showed the letter also to have come from New York.
gpt
You haven't had a patient lately who was travelling--a hotel case, or anything of that sort?
human
None that didn't pay before he left--and none that seemed particularly grateful anyhow. Well, I must be off. The thousand's all right, wherever it came from, eh? And I want to get back to Van. I'd put that draft in the fire rather than go back to find the slightest slip in his case. I think, if I should, I'd lose my nerve at last.