human
Lord! how he takes it! murmured Pound.
gpt
Did he expect me? Has he been on the look-out night and day all this while?
human
At last!
gpt
Yes, said the other, stepping quietly through the gap. He had given the whole day to preparation for this interview; but he had expected it to be an interview of three. Where was his wife?
human
Yes, and the fewer words the better. How you got here I neither know nor care; tell me what you want now that you are here.
gpt
You know very well what I want.
human
I may make a rough guess.
gpt
I want money!
human
I thought so. It is a pity. You must go somewhere else for it: I have none.
gpt
What! cried Pound, savagely,
human
Then how have you lived--what on?
gpt
My wits.
human
If I believed you, he hissed out, among his oaths,
gpt
I'd make a clean breast of everything--every blessed job--though I swung for it! No; I'd swing merrily, knowing they'd got you snug for the rest of your days, for you'd be worse off than me, Ned Ryan! But I don't believe a word of it; it's a lie--a lie--a lie!