human
And how do you like Germany?
gpt
I find it tedious enough. It is just what I thought, and the life here in this learned city of B. is perfectly unendurable! I assure you that by staying here Miss Jane makes a sacrifice to her father's wishes. I assure you she is thoroughly disgusted with these formalities and sentimentalities among which she gets so hopelessly entangled, while I take an unceremonious flight away from them all.
human
And was it on this account you went to Hamburg?
gpt
No, I had business there.
human
Do you employ your European travels in business transactions,
gpt
Not I; I went in Miss Forest's interests. It was to look after an old debt we have often tried to settle, but in vain.
human
Is the debt a large one?
gpt
Yes.
human
And you hope to secure it?
gpt
I hope so.
human
Then I wish you success, said Alison with animation.
gpt
It is always pleasant for a merchant to cancel old debts.
human
Do you think so? asked Atkins maliciously.
gpt
It may cost us half a million.