human
Didn't you fellows try to save anything?
gpt
Wasn't anything to save--mill was in no danger.
human
Why, the whole place would have gone if I hadn't--
gpt
You're quite right, Muggles, said Monteith.
human
Let up on him, boys. You worked like a beaver, old man. Sorry about the rugs--one was an old Bokhara--but that's all right--of course you didn't stop to think.
gpt
Well, but, Monteith--what's a rug or two when you have to save a pile of--what's the lumber worth, anyhow?
human
Oh, well, never mind--let it go, old man.
gpt
I'll tell you--I've just found out. As the pile now stands it's worth four thousand dollars. If it had burned up it would have been worth six. It's insured, you goat!