human
Craig, she said,
gpt
I'm as I was made, and to watch Allenwood going to ruin is more than I can stand for. It would be worse to let the moneylender sell it out to small farmers under a new mortgage and grind them down until they and the land were starved. Broadwood and one or two more will help me all they can, but they haven't the money or the grip to run the place alone.
human
And you feel that you can do it. Well, perhaps you can, but it sounds rash. You are very sure of yourself, Craig.
gpt
How can I explain? he said with a half amused, half puzzled air.
human
The feeling's not vanity. I have a conviction that this is my job, and now that I begin to see my way, I have to put it through. I'm not swaggering about my abilities--there are smarter men in many ways at Allenwood; my strong point is this: I can see how things are going, and feel the drift of forces I didn't set in motion and can't control. All I do is to fall into line and let them carry me forward, instead of standing against the stream. The world demands a higher standard of economical efficiency; in using the best tools and the latest methods I'm obeying the call.
gpt
What was it that first fixed your thoughts on Allenwood?
human
Beatrice Mowbray. I'm going to marry her if I make good.
gpt
You have no doubts about that either?
human
Oh, yes; I have plenty. I know what I'm up against; but human nature's strongest in the end. She likes me as a man.