Near the end of the dialogue, Sam Shadetree says "I suppose I've put on a few pounds".
What does he mean by this?

I suppose I could wait until later to eat.

Sam's idiom refers to the fact that he has gotten heavier or "gained weight" since that last time he saw Bruno, however he is not expressing that he can wait to eat.

I suppose I do earn a significant salary.

Although the subject of this dialogue is money, Sam is not referring to money when he makes this statement, but rather he is saying that he has gotten heavier since he last met with Bruno. "To earn money" is to make money, or acquire it (by working).

I suppose I have been charging you a lot of money.

Although the subject of this dialogue is money, Sam is not referring to money when he makes this statement, but rather he is saying that he has gotten heavier since he last met with Bruno.

I suppose I am quite wealthy.

I suppose I have gained some weight.

The idiom Sam uses, "I suppose I have put on a few pounds" is a common one (in both British and American English) which means "I suppose I have gained weight", or gotten heavier. Sam uses the expression "We've all got to eat", meaning that everybody needs to earn money to put food on the table. Bruno then makes a play on words by saying "it looks like you're eating quite well", which is both a reference to Sam's corpulence as well as his wealth. Finally Sam admits that he has "put on a few pounds".

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