human
Scholfield says we must go immediately and stake out our claim. He'll go shares with me in digging; and at any rate will see what's there,
gpt
Do you believe in it yourself, Robert?
human
Why, I can't say I'm very enthusiastic about it, replied Mr. March;
gpt
Will you have to find money to begin with?
human
Well, Sarah, considering that we haven't got any money, I don't see how I can: do you? laughed Mr. March.
gpt
But Scholfield says that if I will give him a third of the mine, he'll take another man in, and they two'll pay for the working it at first. That seems very fair: doesn't it?
human
I don't know, said Mrs. March.
gpt
If the mine really does turn out to be very valuable, it is giving him a good deal.
human
That is true, replied Mr. March.
gpt
But, on the other hand, perhaps it is not worth any thing; and, in that case, Scholfield has the worst of the bargain. He says, though, he can tell very soon. He has been in mining a good deal; and he can make his own assays with the blow-pipe. We're to start very early in the morning, and take Nelly along to show us the way. The dear child was nearly beside herself last night.
human
So that was your secret: was it?
gpt
Yes, and a very hard one it was for the child to keep too, said Mr. March.
human
She was half crazy to tell Rob.
gpt
You'll take him along too: won't you?
human
Oh, yes, said Mr. March: