human
Fifty thousand dollars! A check for fifty thousand! Mary, tell me this instant what this means,
gpt
It means that our brave, wise Roberta was right; that the first offer was a dishonest one, and that through the old college mate of Sylvester's, the lawyer, to whom he was to have written himself for advice, Rob was brought to honest men, who have given us the real value of the patent, said Mrs. Grey.
human
It means that we are rich, Azraella, and that in the midst of our sorrow we have been freed from the corroding anxiety of poverty. And we owe it to Sylvester's years of visionary, impractical dreaming, which you so denounced, and to brave Rob's good judgment and firm purpose.
gpt
It's more than wonderful, Mary, she said,
human
It will go to Mr. Baldwin, and he will invest it for us--he wrote me, offering to do this, yesterday,
gpt
Oh, Aunt Azraella, what do you think we are going to do? Right away--a check for it has already gone to the bank, for we received two thousand more than this big check.
human
Put up a fine stone to your father's memory,
gpt
No, no--oh, no, cried Wythie, hastily, while Rob said:
human
Don't you see what it is? It is already practically done. We have paid the mortgage on the little grey house, and the dearest little old home in the world is all our own, free and all our own, once more. We shall get the papers in the morning.