human
Those papers, sergeant! To get them, I've been playing the whole game. To get them and not to let their owner suspect that I was after them! Now they're going back to their owner.
gpt
Who's he?
human
Young Maillard--son of the banker. He roped me into an oil company; caught me, like a sucker, almost the first week I was here. I put pretty near my whole wad into that company of his.
gpt
You mean he stung you?
human
Not yet. Gramont smiled coldly, harshly.
gpt
That was his intention; he thought I was a Frenchman who would fall for any sort of game. I fell right enough--but I'll come out on top of the heap.
human
I don't get you, cap'n. Some kind o' stock deal?