human
This place is doing you good, Nap remarked presently.
gpt
You are considerably stronger than you were.
human
I believe I am, Lucas answered.
gpt
I sleep better.
human
Why don't you see Capper again?
gpt
I am afraid he is on the wrong side of the Atlantic,
human
You can cable to him.
gpt
Yes, I know. Slowly Lucas raised his eyes to his brother's face.
human
I can have him over to tell me what he told me before--that I haven't the recuperative strength essential to make his double operation a success.
gpt
He may tell you something different this time.
human
Say, Lucas --there was more than insistence in his tone this time; it held compulsion--
gpt
I think not, Boney. But I've got to hang on for the present--till you and the boy are married. P'r'aps then--I'll take the risk.
human
And if it is not my intention to marry?
gpt
You must marry, my dear fellow. You'll never be satisfied otherwise.
human
You think marriage the hall-mark of respectability?
gpt
I think, Lucas answered quietly,