human
My dear Jacob, this is very kind of you. I did mean to scold you for not coming before; but I'm too glad to see you to find the heart now. But why have you kept away so long?
gpt
I have really been very well employed, sir. Stapleton has given me up the wherry, and I could not neglect his interests, even if I did my own.
human
Always right, boy; and how are you getting on?
gpt
I am very happy, sir; very happy, indeed.
human
I'm glad to hear it, Jacob; may you always be so. Now, take the other sofa, and let us have a long palaver, as the Indians say. I have something to tell you. I suppose you observed a change--heh?
gpt
Yes, sir; I observed that Mr Mortimer was not visible.
human
Exactly. Mr Mortimer, or John Snobbs, the rascal, is at present in Newgate for trial: and I mean to send him out on a voyage for the good of his health. I caught the scoundrel at last, and I'll show him no more mercy than I would to a shark that had taken the bait. But that's not all. We have had a regular mutiny and attempt to take the ship from me; but I have them all in irons, and ordered for punishment. Jacob, money is but too often a curse, depend upon it.
gpt
You'll not find many of your opinion, sir,
human
Perhaps not; because those who have it are content with the importance which it gives to them, and won't allow the damnable fact; and because those who have it not are always sighing after it, as if it were the only thing worth looking after in this world. But now, I will just tell you what has happened since I last saw you, and then you shall judge.
gpt
Now, Mrs T, will you oblige me by letting me know what you have done with this six hundred pounds?