human
I tell you what it is, my noble Captain, said Cicero, with drunken gravity,
gpt
Really, my friend, I hardly see what I can do. I am a stranger here.
human
That's why we ought to work together. You are not in these parts for nothing. The gossip of servants--ah! Gramp looked significantly at Lestrange.
gpt
Oh, I heard how you were turned out of the Moat House.
human
What do you mean, my dear friend?
gpt
Oh! that you've got some game on--so have I. Let us work together.
human
Pooh! pooh! You are talking nonsense.
gpt
Nonsense which may mean money. See here, I know that you were kicked out of the Moat House. Ah! the gossip of menials.
human
Pardon me, but I was not kicked out.
gpt
You were. Young Thorold did it. He wants all the money, and he'll get it by marrying that girl--if I let him.
human
If you let him? What do you mean?
gpt
Mean? Why, that I hate young Thorold, and that I want a few thousands!
human
Oh! and how do you intend to get them?
gpt
Never you mind. If we work together--but, then, we don't. _Cedant arma togæ_--which means, you're a soldier, I'm a lawyer--so that's all right. Goo'night.