human
Here's a go, said Dolly.
gpt
One thing atop of another! There'll be nothing left for anybody soon. Is that brandy you're drinking, Nidderdale? There was none here when I left.
human
Had to send round the corner for it, to the public.
gpt
We shall be sending round the corner for a good many things now. Does anybody know anything of that fellow Melmotte?
human
He's down in the House, as big as life, said Nidderdale.
gpt
He's all right I think.
human
I wish he'd pay me my money then. That fellow Flatfleece was here, and he showed me notes of mine for about ú1,500! I write such a beastly hand that I never know whether I've written it or not. But, by George, a fellow can't eat and drink ú1,500 in less than six months!
gpt
There's no knowing what you can do, Dolly,
human
He's paid some of your card money, perhaps,
gpt
I don't think he ever did. Carbury had a lot of my I. O. U.'s while that was going on, but I got the money for that from old Melmotte. How is a fellow to know? If any fellow writes D. Longestaffe, am I obliged to pay it? Everybody is writing my name! How is any fellow to stand that kind of thing? Do you think Melmotte's all right? Nidderdale said that he did think so.
human
I wish he wouldn't go and write my name then. That's a sort of thing that a man should be left to do for himself. I suppose Vossner is a swindler; but, by Jove, I know a worse than Vossner.