human
This last donation is from Angora! she exclaimed.
gpt
That's a generous subscription, Mr. Gamble; but I don't know whether to thank you or the horse.
human
Thank the goat, whoever that is, he suggested, smiling into her eyes. Great Scott, what eyes they were!
gpt
Polly, Colonel Bouncer is over there by the band stand. I'll give you a nickel's worth of peanuts if you'll tell him what I'm doing.
human
Wait a minute, Miss Parsons, he protested.
gpt
Mr. Gamble, you manage very nicely without Mr. Collaton. If you knew of a probable purchaser for my property you have just taken a most unethical advantage of me.
human
You didn't have your fingers crossed,
gpt
Not once, corroborated Polly.
human
I watched him all the time. Just leave the colonel to me, Johnny. I'll scare him to death on the way here,
gpt
I suppose I must take my medicine, said Gresham glumly.
human
I should have sent you to my lawyer. I might have known that your business ethics and my own would be entirely different.
gpt
What are business ethics, Mr. Gresham?
human
There do not seem to be any,
gpt
I never heard of any, agreed Gamble cheerfully.
human
My principle is, See it first and grab it.
gpt
That's the rule of every highwayman, I believe, charged Gresham.
human
You will excuse me for a few moments, please?
gpt
That's the rule of life, said Gamble.
human
I had to learn it quick. It took me four months to save up my first eighteen dollars. I thought I'd never get it.
gpt
You must have wanted something very much,
human
I did, he admitted simply.
gpt
I wanted a cook stove with silver knobs. The day I had it brought home was the proudest of my life. My mother knelt down and hugged it. It had four lids and not one of them was cracked.