human
I s'pose you're doing something you don't want me to know.
gpt
Oh, if you don't want me--
human
Please, Peg, begged Keineth. She pulled her into the room.
gpt
I didn't know you were home, honest!
human
You _have_ got a secret, she cried excitedly,
gpt
It's just a little thing, she explained shyly.
human
Your mother showed me how to write last summer, but I wanted to surprise everybody. I was going to tell you, though, when it was done. Peg, I'm going to try to sell it!
gpt
Sell it! Get real money?
human
Yes--that's what the masters did--only they were nearly always starving. 'Course I'm not, but I would like to earn some money.
gpt
Oh, wouldn't it be fun? Peggy caught Keineth's elbows and whirled her around.
human
What would you ever do with it? But where do you sell music? And what is its name?
gpt
I call it 'The Castle of Dreams,' answered Keineth with shining eyes.
human
And Mr. Cadowitz told me there's a music house right here in the city--Brown and Co.
gpt
Let's go there together! Let's go _now!_ Mother's away and it's just the time!