human
I discovered that I had lost my purse just after meeting you; it may have been dropped in Toe River, but I was told back here that if David Thomas had picked it up, it was as safe as if it were in the bank.
gpt
What sort of a pocket-book was it?
human
It was of crocodile skin, or what is sold for that, very likely it is an imitation, and about so large indicating the size.
gpt
What had it in it?
human
Various things. Some specimens of mica; some bank checks, some money.
gpt
Anything else?
human
Yes, a photograph. And, oh, something that I presume is not in another pocket-book in North Carolina,--in an envelope, a lock of the hair of George Washington, the Father of his Country.
gpt
How much money was in it?
human
That I cannot say, exactly. I happen to remember four twenty-dollar United States notes, and a roll of small bills, perhaps something over a hundred dollars.
gpt
Is that the pocket-book?
human
It is.
gpt
You'd be willing to take your oath on it?
human
I should be delighted to.
gpt
Well, I guess there ain't so much money in it. You can count it [handing it over]; there hain't been nothing taken out. I can't read, but my friend here counted it over, and he says there ain't as much as that.