human
My young friend, he said,
gpt
I deferred, till my return home, the acknowledgment of your very creditable conduct in the defense of my house. You showed a coolness and good judgment remarkable in one of your age. In return for this, and in acknowledgment of the generally satisfactory manner in which you and your mother have kept my house, I ask your acceptance of this pocketbook, with its contents.
human
One of them properly belongs to you, mother,
gpt
No, Paul, she said,
human
I will put it in the savings-bank, as you recommend, mother; but you must remember that the fund there is yours as much as mine.
gpt
I will promise to call for money, Paul, whenever I want it. I like to think that we have so large a fund to draw upon in case of need.