human
Do you know anything of the lode Allinson talks about?
gpt
Nothing except that it lies up in the northern barrens, a mighty rough country, and that people think it's a delusion of the man who claims to have discovered it. But didn't your brother-in-law talk it over with you, if he's interested in the thing?
human
He did not. I may as well admit that there are points upon which his views don't agree with mine.
gpt
So I imagined,
human
He's in favor of closing the Rain Bluff. If that were done, it would, of course, cost you your contract.
gpt
Well, he said,
human
I'd much rather keep it; but we had better be frank. You would prefer that Allinson didn't find the lode?
gpt
I don't want him to waste the Company's time and money on a journey into the wilds, and expensive prospecting work which will probably lead to nothing. It would be wiser to keep the Rain Bluff going and get out as much ore as possible. I needn't point out that this would be more to your interest.
human
That's so, chuckled Mappin.
gpt
I begin to see. I'm to make all the difficulties I can for Allinson?