human
Lawrence!
gpt
Phillis, he said, in hoarse voice,
human
What have I to forgive, Lawrence?
gpt
Forgive me! he repeated humbly.
human
Nay, you do not understand. Dunquerque, it is for you to speak--for all of you--you all love Phillis. Agatha--you love her--you used to love me too. How shall I tell you?
gpt
I think we guess,
human
I did it for the best, Phillis. I thought to double your fortune. Cassilis said I should double it. I thought to double my own. I put all your money, child, every farthing of your money, in Eldorado Stock by his advice, and all my own too. And it is all gone--every penny of it gone.
gpt
Why, Lawrence, she said,
human
No, darling, no,
gpt
Lawrence, said Agatha,
human
All ruined together! echoed Gilead Beck, looking at Mrs. L'Estrange.
gpt
Gabriel Cassilis is a wonderful man. I always said he was a wonderful man.
human
Nothing saved, Colquhoun?
gpt
Nothing, The stock was 70 when I bought in: 70 at 10 percent. It is now anything you like--4, 6, 8, 16--what you please--because no one will buy it.