human
Whatever business of Hawkesbury's is it?
gpt
Goodness knows,
human
But I won't let him do it. I don't want him to pay my debts. You must give him the money back, Wallop.
gpt
Oh, quite so. It's rather likely, when I've been waiting for my money the best part of a year, I should decline to receive it when I've got the chance! No, my boy, you can settle with Hawkesbury now. You owe him the thirty bob, not me!
human
Wallop tells me you've paid him the thirty shillings I owed him,
gpt
Oh, he shouldn't have told you,
human
I wish you hadn't done it,
gpt
Oh, you mustn't think of it, said he, blandly.
human
It was only because I heard him threaten to get you into trouble if you didn't pay him, and I should have been so sorry if that had happened.
gpt
Thank you, but really I prefer to pay my own debts!
human
I'm sure you do; but as I knew you couldn't do it, I thought it would be a relief to you if I did it for you.