human
I have it. Instead of going directly to Venice, we'll change the route and go to Monte Carlo. I'll risk my four hundred, and if I win!
gpt
Then the announcement cards, a house-wedding, and pictures in the New York papers. Dan, you are impossible. You have gambled enough to know that when you are careless of results you win, but never when you need the cash. But it is Monte Carlo, if you say so. Two or three days there will cure you of your beautiful dream. After all, with a second thought,
human
Madame, permit me, a comparative stranger, to offer you passage money home. We won it at Monte Carlo; take it, it is yours. Polite enough, mused Hillard, turning and smiling;
gpt
To the deuce with propriety! cried Merrihew buoyantly.
human
We'll start, then, at nine to-morrow?
gpt
At nine promptly.
human
I'm off to bed, then. As Merrihew reached the door he paused.
gpt
I forgot to tell you. Do you recollect that Italian you ran into at the club that night? Saw him at the hotel to-night. He bowed to Sandford, and Sandford cut him dead. It set me thinking.
human
The Sandfords entertained him somewhere, once upon a time, and he behaved like a cad. I don't know what about, and I don't care.
gpt
Humph! I hope Giovanni gets off safely.
human
I think he will.