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40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, Everard, are the ladies pretty over in Canada?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Some of them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But now, answer me on your word of honour, have they not red noses?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How do you t... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do you like Everard? Don't you think him very handsome? inquired Harriet as soon as the ladies left the dining-room,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look you, little Oracle, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am not used to do anything by halves; I love my husband a great deal more than he deserves; but I am not going to pull long faces every time a woman of that sort makes a jest upon me. She could not u... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, Margaret, lose no time,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Everard! said Harriet,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said he, looking up from the 'Book of Beauty,' which he was turning over;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brava! exclaimed Harriet;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where do you think of... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I suppose we shall not have you with us, George,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No."
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And you, Everard?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No."
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I never was so glad to see a steeple before, said Harriet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why it is twelve miles off! I am knocked up, and so are you, child. How pale you look!"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They have a blind organist here, said Lucy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He plays admirably. Listen--Mozart's mass in C."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Beautiful! how fine the Gloria sounds, said Harriet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wha... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We were praising your playing so much, Mr. Haveloc. We thought it was your organist."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will come down to you,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So, you have found your way here at last, Lady Raymond, he said as he shook hands... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This granite chest--look, Lucy! how curious! exclaimed Harriet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And what a sword--immense! can you lift it, Mr. Haveloc?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is chained down, you see, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Campbell,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at Mrs. Gage, with all those orange and green panes upon her face,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do go back again, Harriet, she cried;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you; take your turn, if you please,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh! but we have not seen the altar-cloth,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Permit me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good gracious! said Harriet, far more struck with this finery, than the exquisite architecture of the church;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At Bruges,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Heavens! don... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, ma mie, enlighten me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The fact is, you are quite tired child,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Quite--the heat--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then we will go at once,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, no, no! said Harriet, coming between them,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Haveloc, said Harriet,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I regret that my genius does not lie that way; he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should put you o... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh! I see, Margaret, said Harriet, suddenly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never was anybody less shy,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He did look thunderstruck, to be sure, said Harriet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Margaret, why did you ... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We met a very old friend of yours to-day, quite unexpectedly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Indeed! said Mrs. Fitzpatrick with great interest."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Was it Mr. Haveloc? Is he at Tynebrook?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"valu... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is a very intimate and tried friend of mine, she said;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course it would; it is just the same thing. How melancholy! said Lucy, with the usual amount of pity in her voice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And so after al... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Run, Everard! Why don't you run? How can you expect to find any one at this snail's pace?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do run,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, make haste, and give Miss Capel your arm--or, no; run as fast as you can to the house, and bring out a shawl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, now, ma mie, said Harriet, sitting down beside her;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; but it was r... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Records of Woman."
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear Mrs. Fitzpatrick!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Haveloc--this is a pleasure!"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How are you--come, and see me,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, don't teaze him! she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I would not. Put his name down, and send him a part-book, if you cannot get a _better_ Alphonse."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is that your advice, Miss Campbell? he said,"
},
{
"fro... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What have we all done, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing at all, said she, putting the music in his hand,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then let some one accompany you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "La chose est faisible, sai... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Margaret will, I am sure,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He never had--"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will not want me for that, I think,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, thank you very much, how beautifully you play,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did not know you, yesterday, Miss Capel, he said at last,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We can never be entire strangers to each other; we have one memory between us--the memory of your uncle."
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, my child, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must send you to bed early until you are quite strong again. Good night."
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why do you interfere with me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because you are a slug, was Harriet's flattering reply,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I gave you every chance for two days, and now I will take her away from you. You shall not have her."
}... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will tell you some news, ma mie, said Harriet,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Bessy and Uncle Gage will be here next week. Mr. Haveloc stays for the pigeon shooting, the day after to-morrow; and Everard says he will read the part of Alphonse at our rehearsals. And ... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, she said to herself, at last,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will amuse Everard with Miss Campbell, and then Margaret--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Margaret! said Harriet,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have resolved that you sha... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, do you know the name of this red thing,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, I don't. I have it, but I have forgotten the name,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How long have you been at Tynebrook?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "About two... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Miss Capel, said Mason, as she put the finishing touch to her hair,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I am a little flushed by the heat, said Margaret, looking carelessly over her shoulder into the glass;"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Child! what have you done to make yourself so beautiful, she asked."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are all steeped in lilies and roses."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have recovered my journey by this time, said Margaret, smiling;"
},
{
"f... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, there it is. Good gracious! Come, we shall be late;"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you one of Miss Capel's admirers? Every one here thinks her very beautiful."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very much so,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You knew her uncle very well. I suppose you must have seen a good deal of her at Ashdale?"
},
... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have not been prevailed upon to lend your aid, Miss Capel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said Margaret,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I could not fancy Margaret acting,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nor I!"
},
{
"from": "h... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She is a fixture, said Mrs. Gage, pointing with her fan in the direction of the sounds;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear Harriet, said Margaret,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will sing to you at any time. Do forgive Miss Campbell."
},
{
... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Twelve o'clock! I say Harriet, would you mind Everard looking after you, while I went to smoke a cigar?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh! hear him--how profane he is! sobbed Harriet,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I will not if you have any disli... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is over, now;"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you hurt?"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you not hurt?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The hail came suddenly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, it did--but--were you there?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I was."
},
... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Margaret, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing--nothing!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then it was for no fault of mine; the change was in yourself, said he suddenly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You had seen--you had loved; an... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And it is a comfort to me to have seen and spoken with you once again, said she;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "she added, as she rose to go,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, I don't understand--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No--it is a... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Marius among the ruins of Carthage,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Marius! Mrs. Gage, can you say nothing better for me than that? Will you come to-morrow and fish with us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well; that is not a bad idea. I can throw a fly i... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, little one, exclaimed Harriet, as Margaret entered the Oratory to breakfast the next morning,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you go fishing with us to day, to Tynebrook?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "With you--to Tynebrook, Harriet?"
},
... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He was absolutely rivetted by that song of Schubert's,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is one of my best,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The lilac bonnet to-day, my love, with the white china-asters."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I i... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come here, some of you!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At last! he said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have been into the drawing-room half a dozen times, to see if you were not down."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have been there for t... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, little one, should not you like to have it? asked Harriet, glancing round the splendid hall,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go to him, my love, and ask him to teach you to throw a fly,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well! never say I did not have a hand in it."
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Margaret,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't tell me, Uncle Gage, that it is not their fault! she exclaimed, when Captain Gage ventured to remonstrate with her for her dislike."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good people, always have handsome children. Your children were all handsome!"
},
{
"from":... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You see, said Mr. Gage to Margaret, on occasion of one of these attacks,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, she will not! cried Harriet,"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, little woman, what a famous match Bessy Gage will be for me now. I little thought she would have such an estate as Sherleigh, when I first engaged her for my second."
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I advised the match, in the first instance, said Mr. Casement,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I told old Grey, (you did not know Grey, a worthy old soul, he left me a thousand pounds) I told Grey, that if he made up a match between his ward and Miss Peggy, he would b... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do feel nervous, little one, please, said Harriet;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't bear heroines. Do be frightened! I assure you, I tremble for you. He is a fire eater--your Mr. Haveloc."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will make her nervous, H... |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But I dare not ask, that your lot may be as happy as mine, she whispered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah, I could die now!"
}
] |
40054 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have not a fear for her, said Elizabeth, turning to her companion,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nor I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For Love is Lord of Truth and Loyalty, Lifting himself out of the lowly dust, In golden plumes up to the purest sky... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My fire is my friend."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Gentlemen, a true Southern lady."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Chad was groaning under a square wicker basket."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The little negroes around the door."
},
{... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Like an ebony Statue of Liberty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Down a flight of stone steps."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Klutchem looked at him in perfect astonishment."
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will you lend me half a dozen napkins--mine are all in the wash, and I want enough to carry me over Sunday. Chad will bring, with your permission, the extra pair of andirons you spoke of. Or,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Kindly hand Chad the two magazines and a cor... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am a Virginian, suh. Command me,"
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Walk right in, suh; de colonel's in de dinin'-room."
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a minute over eighteen, Chad. You ruined those ducks last Sunday."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear Major, I am pa'alized to think I kep' you waitin'. Just up from my office. Been workin' like a slave, suh. Only five minutes to dress befo' dinner. Have a dro... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "is as hopeless as that of the famous Greek frieze, outwardly whole andyet always a patchwork. So he chafes continually under what he believes to be the tyranny and despotism of an undefined autocracy, which, in a general way, he calls"
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "United States of America,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's Fitz,"
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stuck in the snow? Well, I'll forgive you this once, but Chad won't. Give me yo' coat--bless me! it is as wet as a setter dog. Now put yo' belated carcass into this chair which I have been warmin' for you, right next to my dearest old friend, the Major. Major, Fitz!--Fitz, the M... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Comin', sah!"
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, Major! Fitz, sit where you can warm yo' back--you are not thawed out yet. One minute, gentlemen,--an old custom of my ancestors which I never omit."
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lay 'em here, Chad--right under my nose. Now hand me that pile of plates sizzlin' hot, and give that carvin' knife a turn or two across the hearth. Major, dip a bit of celery in the salt and follow it with a mou'ful of claret. It will prepare yo' palate for the kind of food we r... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Chad, the red pepper."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No jelly, Colonel?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jelly? No, suh; not a suspicion of it. A pinch of salt, a dust ofcayenne, then shut yo' eyes and mouth, and don't open them 'cept for a drop of g... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Chad, serve coffee."
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Colonel, none for me; smoke a cigar--got a pocketful."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Smoke yo' own cigars, will you, and in the presence of a Virginian? I don't believe you have got a drop of Irish blood left in yo' veins, or you would take this pipe."
},
{
... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, suh, Colonel Talcott's mission to the post-office was to mail a letter to his factor in Richmond, Virginia, on business of the utmost importance to himself,--namely, the raisin' of a small loan upon his share of the crop. Not the crop that was planted, suh, but the crop th... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now, suh, comes the most remarkable part of this story. If it had not been for Major Tom Yancey, Jedge Kerfoot, and myself there would have been a lawsuit."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And they did not hang the colonel?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "De colonel an' Misser Fizpat'ic bofe waitin' for you, sah,"
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here he is, Fitz!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now then, Chad, called out the colonel,"
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My fire, he once said to me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Draw closer, Major; vehy cold night, gentlemen. We do not have any such weather in my State. Fitz, have you thawed out yet?"
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am glad of it. I was worried about you when you came in. You were chilled through."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fact is, Fitz is a little overworked. Enormous strain, suh, on a man solving the vast commercial problems that he is called upon to do every day."
}
... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very beautiful custom, this pass-book system, gentlemen, and quite new to me. One of the most co'teous attentions I have received since I have taken up my residence Nawth. See how simple it is. I send my servant to the sto' for my supplies. He returns in haalf an hour with every... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Salt yo' food, suh, with humor, he would say."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Season it with wit, and sprinkle it all over with the charm of good-fellowship, but never poison it with the cares of yo' life. It is an insult to yo' digestion, besides bein', suh, a mark o... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Befo' I touch upon the financial part of this enterprise, Major, let me show you where this road runs, said the colonel, reaching for the casters."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am sorry I haven't the map, but we can get along very well with this;"
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just here, continued the colonel, utilizing the remains of the cheese,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Any connecting road at Warrentown?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, suh, nor anywhere else along the line. It is absolutely virgin country, and this ... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To reach Carter Hall,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Any advantage?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Any advantage? Major, I am surprised at you! A place settled mo' than one hundred years ago, belongin' to one of the vehy fust fam'lies of Virginia, not t... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, Major, is a prospectus that caarries conviction on its vehy face,"
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fitz, there is one thing you left out."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I know, the name of the banker; I haven't found him yet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Fitz; but the words, '_Subscriptions opened Simultaneously in New York, London, Richmo... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These gentlemen are my friends, suh, and would do anythin' to oblige me."
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And, Fitz, what do you mean, by 'full protection guaranteed'?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To the bondholder, of course,--the man who pays the money."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What kind of protection?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wh... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, suh, in my experience I have always discovered that a vehy general dissatisfaction is sure to manifest itself if the coupons on secu'ities of this class are not paid when they become due. As a gen'ral rule this interest money is never earned for the fust two years, and the ... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, suh, turning to Fitz,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One mo' and I am done, Fitz. What do you mean by Founders' shares?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shares for the promoters and the first subscribers. They cost one tenth of the ordinary shares an... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now, Major, what shall we reserve for you?"
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "With your permission, Colonel, the Major and I will divide the remaining twenty-five thousand between ourselves."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will give you ample notice, Major, before the first partial payment is called in."
},
{
"from": "human",
"val... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Make a memorandum, Fitz, to have me send for a bridge engineer fust thing after I get to my office in the mornin'. There will be some difficulty in gettin' a proper foundation for the centre-pier of that bridge, and some one should be sent at once to make a survey. We can't be d... |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the old home, Fitz, something must be done there; we must receive our friends properly."
}
] |
6743 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I couldn't raise a dollar in a lunatic asylum full of millionaires on a scheme like the colonel's, and yet I keep on lying to the dear old fellow day after day, hoping that something will turn up by which I can help him out."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then tell h... |
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