human
Not sick, old fellow?
gpt
Yes, sick at heart. My old carcass is all right, but inside--way down where a man lives--I'm sick unto death. Take a look at the mantelpiece. You see my best miniature's gone, don't you?
human
Not the Cosway?
gpt
Yes, the Cosway!
human
Stolen?
gpt
Worse than stolen! Oh, my boy, such mean people live in the world! I couldn't believe it possible. I've read in the papers something like it, but that I should have been--oh, I can't get over it! It haunts me like a ghost. It isn't the value--it's the way it was done; and I was so helpless, and I meant only to be kind.