human
Stop it, Milton! she cried.
gpt
What has got into you! You're tearing me to ribbons!
human
You must think I'm crazy, he acknowledged.
gpt
Sit down here, and learn what a great man your husband is. He poured out the story of the transaction, omitting no details of the clever schemes by which it had been worked. He was, above all, proud of his legal address and acumen--there was something in Eastern training, after all; this lay right under their noses, but none of them saw it until he came along and picked it up.
human
And there are some pretty smart men out here, too, let me tell you that, he added.
gpt
They're from all parts of the world, and they've had a hard practical education, their eye teeth are cut! His egotism over being keener than the acknowledged big men was very fresh and charming. The money gained he mentioned as an afterthought, only when the other aspect of the situation had been exhausted.
human
The cold hard dollars are pretty welcome just now, he told her.
gpt
There's about a quarter million in those lots--and we can realize on all or part of them at any time. All came out of here! He tapped his forehead, and paused in his rapid pacing to and fro to look down at her In the easy chair,
human
We are well off now. We needn't scrimp and save --it did not for the moment occur to him that they had not been doing so--
gpt
I'm going to get you eight new gowns, and twelve new hats, and a bushel of diamonds----
human
I'm glad, very glad! she cried, catching his enthusiasm, her mind for the first time occupying itself seriously with the mechanism of the deal. At first, when he had been explaining, she had not thrown off the impression that he had been drinking, and so had paid little attention to his explanations.
gpt
It sounds like magic. Tell me again--how you did it.