human
Go 'long,
gpt
Say, he said, with a cautious glance around at the staircase,
human
What do you mean, talking so?
gpt
Nothin', only I thought it was a kind of queer time of year for a man to take a vacation, a man as busy as the boss seems to be. And--it kind of entered my head--
human
If anything entered your head, do, for goodness' sake, hang on to it, said the pretty girl, pertly. Then her car whirred over the crossing and ground to a standstill, and she sprang on it with a laugh at her own wit.
gpt
Good-night,
human
You don't think Mr. Carroll means to give up business?
gpt
Lord, no! Why, he has so much business he can hardly stagger under it, and he must be making money. I was only joking.
human
I suppose he's good pay,
gpt
Good pay? Of course he is. He don't keep right up to the mark--none of these lordly rich men like him do--but he's sure as Vanderbilt. I should smile if he wasn't.
human
I thought so, said the girl.
gpt
I didn't mean to say I had any doubt.
human
He's sure, only he's a big swell. That's always the way with these big swells. If he hadn't been such a swell, now, he'd have paid us all off before he took his vacation. But, bless you, money means so little to a chap like him that it don't enter into his head it can mean any more to anybody else.
gpt
It must be awful nice to have money enough so you can feel that way,
human
That's so. The young man craned his neck forward to look at an approaching car, then he turned again to the girl.
gpt
Say, he whispered, pressing close to her in the hurrying throng, and speaking in her ear,