human
When I drew up your father's will, Mr. Grandon, replies the lawyer,
gpt
I am afraid Eugene cares very little for the business. Still, he is nothing of a student----
human
Simply a young man of pleasure, who has always had plenty of money and an indulgent father. We may as well look at the facts, and you must pardon my plain speaking. He keeps two fast horses, and is at Rockwood a good deal. There is a race-course and a kind of gentlemen's club-house. It is an excellent place to spend money, if one has it to throw away,
gpt
Did you know exactly what the claims against the estate were at the time of my father's death?
human
The factory your father owns alone. There is a mortgage of three thousand dollars on it. One half-share of the business, stock, machinery, etc., was his, and this is subject to a note of seven thousand dollars, incurred when the new machinery was put in. Why, it must be about due, and Mr. Connery goes to his safe.
gpt
The expectation was that the business could pay this and then begin with the legacies. But--I am afraid all has not been clear sailing.
human
How long has this Wilmarth been with my father?
gpt
Four or five years. You see your father hoped very much from some new process of manufacture. I wish he could have lived. Wilmarth is not a prepossessing man, yet I have never heard him spoken of in any but the highest terms. He is a bachelor, lives plainly, and has no vices, though he may have a desire to amass a fortune. I think, indeed, he rather urged your father to this new undertaking. St. Vincent I really know nothing about. He is an inventor and an enthusiast. Your place, Mr. Grandon, will be a hard one to fill, and you can count on me for any assistance.
human
Thank you, returns Floyd, warmly.
gpt
I shall see St. Vincent and arrange for a meeting. I neither understand business nor like it, and have some matters of my own demanding my attention, but I must see this placed on a proper basis. I shall be glad to come to you.