human
Young man, young fellow--
gpt
I see you don't know me, Mr. Ascott, and it's not surprising. But I have come to repay you this-- he laid a fifty pound note down on the table.
human
Also, to thank you earnestly for not prosecuting me, and to say--
gpt
Good God! --the sole expletive Peter Ascott had been heard to use for long.
human
Ascott Leaf, is that you? I thought you were in Australia, or dead, or something.
gpt
No, I'm alive and here, more's the pity perhaps. Except that I have lived to pay you back what I cheated you out of. What you generously gave me I can't pay, though I may sometime. Meantime, I have brought you this. It's honestly earned. Yes. observing the keen doubtful look,