human
We'd hardly think of buying, he remarked.
gpt
We've got about all the stock we need. I was coming to Toronto just when I got your wire, and I thought I'd look in at them. What are you thinking of asking for them?
human
Fifty thousand dollars,
gpt
You'll be lucky if you get a quarter of that, he said.
human
Why, we bought a fine, full-grown black fox last year for five hundred. Your cubs are hardly worth anything, you know. They 're almost sure to die before they grow up.
gpt
Professor Forsythe doesn't think so,
human
Well, I'm glad I saw them, said the dealer.
gpt
If I can hear of a buyer for you I'll send him along, but you'll have to come away down on your prices. You might let me have your address, in case I hear of anything.
human
It doesn't look as if we were going to sell them! said Fred, who was not used to shrewd business dealing.
gpt
Perhaps we can't get any price at all.
human
Oh, that was all bluff. I saw the fellow's eyes light up when he saw these black beauties. He'll be back to see us within a day or two.
gpt
I think I might get you a buyer for your foxes, but he couldn't pay over fifteen thousand.
human
No use in our talking to him then,