human
What is the matter?
gpt
Matter! and he kicks viciously at a pebble that has dared to rear its head in the smooth walk, sending it over on the grassy lawn.
human
The matter is that Floyd is selling us all out with a high hand. That is what Murray's visit and all this going to and fro mean. He has had an offer, and he doesn't care for anything so long as _you_ come out on the topmost round.
gpt
I?
human
Well, it isn't your fault, after all, and one need not grudge you anything, he says, strangely moved.
gpt
Yes, these men want to buy out the whole thing, and you'll have a private fortune of your own that will be stunning! Floyd isn't green at bargain-making. Now they have gone over to tackle Wilmarth, and a sweet time they will have of it. I should like to see the fun. But what am I to do afterward?
human
You? she repeats, and the matter settles itself beautifully to her vision.
gpt
Why, you will marry Miss Pauline Murray.
human
Marry!