human
Connie, we cannot have Filmer with us, after all. He's gone away.
gpt
Where has he gone?
human
It's quite a yarn, Con; can you come in?
gpt
I can hear from here, Ralph; go on.
human
You know that rich old fellow on the Pacific Coast who has just died, Jasper Filmer, the mining magnate?
gpt
Yes.
human
He's was Jock's--father.
gpt
So then, Filmer did not take the trouble to change even his name?
human
No. I imagine this was no case of the town-crier being sent out. When the prodigal got ready to return, under prescribed conditions--the calf was there.
gpt
I see. And has he--has Jock accepted the--conditions?
human
He's gone to make--a big fight, Con. He will not take the fortune unless he wins. Filmer's got some of the old man in him, I bet.
gpt
Yes. Is--is his mother living? Has he any one to go to--out there?
human
No one, Con. From what he told me, I gathered that it was to be a fight with the odds--against him.