human
Say, Brouillard, he cut in,
gpt
I'll say what I said a few minutes ago, laughed the young chief of construction--
human
Well, by George, we might get even that if we have to, was the optimistic assertion.
gpt
You think about it.
human
I guess it isn't my think, said Brouillard, still inclined to take the retired pork packer's suggestion as the mere ravings of a money-mad promoter.
gpt
As the government engineer in charge of this work, I couldn't afford to be identified even as a friendly intermediary in any such scheme as the one you are proposing.
human
Of course, I suppose not, agreed the would-be promoter, sucking his under lip in a way ominously familiar to his antagonists in the wheat pit. Then he glanced at his watch and changed the subject abruptly.
gpt
We'll have to be straggling back to the chug-wagon. Much obliged to you, Mr. Brouillard. Will you come down and see us off?