human
I have had a dreadful loss, Rhoda, she continued;
gpt
You surely don't mean my cousin Helen's husband, Mrs. Elton?
human
How should I know anything about his being your cousin's husband? said the old lady peevishly.
gpt
His wife is a very unlucky woman, whoever she is. Three hundred pounds have been paid into Clarris's hands for me, and he has embezzled every shilling of it. My son always had a ridiculous habit of petting the people he employed. This is what has come of it.
human
Is he in prison?
gpt
No; I am sorry to say that he isn't. Those lazy idiots, the detectives, have let him slip. He has had the impertinence to write a canting letter to my son, telling him that every farthing shall be restored.