human
Well, said Carnally,
gpt
I might feel content if I thought Mappin was as hungry as we are; but there's not much fear of that. The blasted hog has sense enough to keep out of the bush; going about the country getting his hands on other men's money pays him better. He's no use for eating supper behind a bank of snow; the Place Viger and the Windsor in Montreal are more his style.
human
I think, he suggested lightly,
gpt
I'll admit it's foolish; but when I think of that man studying the menu, I get mad! Can't you see him picking out the dollar dishes, on the European plan? Canvasbacks and such, if they're in season.
human
They wouldn't give him much canvasback for a dollar,
gpt
That doesn't count. The point is--where does he get the dollar?
human
I'm afraid he has got a few of them out of us, said Andrew.
gpt
He has got more out of the Rain Bluff shareholders; though I'm glad to think that supply will be stopped. Anyhow, our first business is to find the cache.
human
That's so, assented Carnally, as he threw some branches on the fire.
gpt
We'll try again at sun-up. Though it makes you feel easier now and then, talking doesn't do much good.