human
How is it, said I,
gpt
What mean you by that?
human
Why, answered I,
gpt
It is an ingenious argument, replied Gottlieb, scratching his ear;
human
But, I retorted,
gpt
Even so, answered my partner,
human
insisted Gottlieb warmly.
gpt
For instance, there is the crime against usury--a very foolish law to be sure, but there it is. No one can commit usury unless some one else participates in the offense by paying the unlawful interest; but the usurer does not escape on that account. Why, then, should the false pretender in our case?
human
I admit the force of your analogy, said I,
gpt
If you think so, grumbled Gottlieb,
human
Very well, said I.
gpt
Nothing will give me greater pleasure.