human
I expect I have gone smash, Toby, he said. He threw him over the paper.
gpt
Read the account of what happened to-day on the Stock Exchange,
human
The only thing to be thankful for is that I didn't sell out just before the panic,
gpt
Why?
human
Because it would look as if I had known that the first telegram was false. What extraordinary nerve Alington must have! Do you see that he has been buying every share he can lay hands on?
gpt
I don't understand about the first telegram,
human
Nor do I, thank God!
gpt
Supposing it is a real smash, will you have lost much, Jack?
human
Eight thousand pounds--more than that, indeed, unless the price goes up again before settling-day, for I've only paid for about half my shares.