human
Well, how goes it? He pushed over a box of expensive cigars.
gpt
Have you found out anything yet?
human
Had a visit from Phelps this morning.
gpt
Poor old Phelps, he said.
human
I guess he's pretty uneasy. You know he has been speculating rather heavily in the market lately. There was a time when I thought Phelps had a bank roll in reserve. But it seems he has been playing the game on a shoestring, after all.
gpt
I happen to have learned that, to make his bluff good, he has been taking money from his brokerage business --here he nodded sagely--