human
How much did you get for it, Ben?
gpt
It was as you say, Hiram, a thousand-to-one shot that could not have happened and never will happen again--I don't claim any credit, except in discovering it was not junk, by a little leakage through the chimes which discolored my fingers.
human
I know--I know--you never claim anything,
gpt
You see, we had to pay something like twenty thousand to clear the _Fearsome_.
human
Yes, I know that.
gpt
Well, I think there is a balance in the bank of something about forty thousand more----
human
You are joking again, Ben,