human
Poor old thing, it'll be an awful blow, and I half suspect, he added,
gpt
There are a lot of children, too, Payne. I've forgotten how many, but a great many, added Mr. Lubbock, smoothing his impeccable waistcoat.
human
Poor little woman. I wish we didn't have to do it. Of course, she has grown absolutely out of date, and this last book is disastrous, positively disastrous.
gpt
We'll buy outright, Lubbock suggested.
human
What do you say? Give her a cheque for five hundred pounds and let her deliver the manuscript when she likes. That'll let her down a bit easier.
gpt
Five hundred pounds is a lot of money, he protested feebly.
human
We shan't sell as many copies either after this last mess. However, we'll do it.