human
I haven't been a saint, and she knows it, as you say, Dan; but the law is on my side as yet, it isn't on yours. There's the difference.
gpt
You used to gamble yourself; you were pretty tough, and you oughtn't to walk up my back with hobnailed boots.
human
Yes, I gambled, Dan, and I drank, and I raised a dust out here. My record was writ pretty big. But I didn't lay my hands on the ark of the social covenant, whose inscription is, _Thou shalt not steal_; and that's why I'm poor but proud, and no one's watching for me round the corner, same as you.
gpt
What's done can't be undone. Then, with a sudden burst of anguish,
human
Oh, get me out of this somehow!
gpt
How? I've got no money. By speaking to your sister?
human
Shall I do it?
gpt
I want a chance to start straight again.