human
I knew 'em well. They were having har' times to get on, an' Arlt here could n' begin to carry the load. It was killing him, an' so Thayer an' I--
gpt
Let the rest go, Lorimer, Thayer broke in hastily, for now two appealing faces were looking to him for help.
human
We know all about it.
gpt
You know, Thayer, for you were there. But the res' do' know. How could they? They were n' there. He paused long enough to empty the glass before him. Then he braced one hand against the edge of the table and raised the other, as if to add emphasis to his words.
human
I was there, an' you were there, an' Arlt was there. Nobody else was there. If they had been, they'd know 'bout it, to-night. Plucky fellow, Arlt, an' he d'serves his success. If 't had n' been for you an' me, Thayer, Arlt would have gone under, though. No wond' Frau Arlt calls me _Lieb Sohn_. If it had n' been for me, she would n' have had any _sohn_ 't all. With me, there's pair of us.