human
You ought to have a fine plate-glass window to your shop. It would draw custom. A fine plate-glass front, with glass shelves in it, and your beautiful watches and chains all set out in blue velvet eases. How they would glitter! It would make people's mouths water. Everybody in the town would come to look, and a great many would be tempted to buy. You would do three times the trade you are doing now. You would be able to buy the newest-fashioned goods; you would grow rich.
gpt
But it would cost a great deal of money, I would answer,
human
What does it matter, he would urge,
gpt
But I haven't any spare cash, Pretzel; all that I am worth lies in my stock. True, I do not owe anything; what I have is all my own.
human
Really, Master Fink, you don't owe anybody anything--that is an absolute fact, eh?
gpt
It is an absolute fact, Pretzel.
human
An honorable, straightforward man like you could easily borrow what he wants. Ah, how people would stare! They would clap their hands, and say, 'What a wonderful man Master Fink is--what a wonderful, wonderful man!' You would be looked up to, much more than you are now, though you stand well. Yes, Master Fink, such is the power of money that you would be made a magistrate.
gpt
Ah, if I were a magistrate, and you were brought before me, I would make short work of you, Miser Pretzel.