human
Well, Mr. Lewis, do you hope to do a good business this summer?
gpt
I don't know, captain, answered the other.
human
I want you to tell me a little bit of what's going on. Then, dropping his voice, he said in a sort of whisper which prevented my hearing the close of the sentence,
gpt
I hear they are going to sell up Mr.----
human
So they say, replied the captain, rather gravely, and with a sort of sigh.
gpt
I am very sorry for him, poor fellow. He was quite a gentleman; only too fond of those cursed cards. However, he has got a pretty stock in hand, and I guess they'll go high.
human
Do you know what they are?
gpt
I don't know them all, replied the master;
human
Well the market is not very high in Orl_ee_ns, replied Mr. Lewis;
gpt
Why I hear Mr. Thornton wants to sell, up in Southampton county, not far from Jerusalem, was the captain's answer.
human
I can't tell what he's been about. He neither drinks nor gambles, nor fights cocks, nor anything; and yet he has contrived to muddle away all his money, and his plantation is mortgaged as high as it will go.