human
What are you grinning at?
gpt
They've been trying to make a fool of me. I beg your pardon for bothering you.
human
Hold hard! said Cresswell, as the boy was about to retreat.
gpt
It's very likely they have made a fool of you--they're used to hard work. But you're not going to make a fool of me. Come in and tell me all about it.
human
You'll think me such an ass, said he, appealingly.
gpt
It's really nothing.
human
I do think you an ass already, said the senior,
gpt
They said you were an awful muff, and couldn't run any faster than a snail, you know, --began he--
human
Do you really want it?
gpt
Not now, thank you.
human
I suppose you'd been swaggering after you'd won the race, and they wanted to take the conceit out of you?
gpt
Yes, I suppose so.
human
And have they succeeded?
gpt
Well--yes, said Dick.
human
I think they have.
gpt
Then, they've done you a very good turn, my boy, and you'll be grateful to them some day. As for the whip, you can tell them if they'll come here for it, I'll give it to them with pleasure. There goes the dinner bell--cut off, or you'll be late.
human
Thanks, Cresswell. I suppose, said the boy, lingering a moment at the door,
gpt
You can do that better than I can,