human
I'm not sure that the obvious people are not the most fortunate, he said, with a little laugh.
gpt
They know exactly what they want, which not infrequently means that what they have to do to get it is equally plain. It must necessarily save them a good many perplexities. Now take the case of my very obvious comrade, Ingleby.
human
Well?
gpt
Ingleby wants to make a fortune placer mining.
human
Which is, from your point of view, a most reprehensible thing!
gpt
That is not quite the point. Perhaps he means to do good with it, and it ought to be quite plain that Ingleby has no real sympathy with Communist notions. In any case, he sets about it in the simplest fashion by working most of every day and often half the night as well. The result is that he has acquired what is apparently a competence and is more or less contented with everything. Any one can see it in the way he looks at you lately.
human
The fortune will probably come later, she said.
gpt
And then--
human
Yes, said Sewell, with a little gesture of comprehension.
gpt
Since he has made his mind up, he will, I fancy, manage that, too. Ingleby is that kind of person. Then, if he does not do so sooner, he will naturally marry Hetty Leger.