human
We had better get back and dress,
gpt
What on earth for?
human
Well, we can hardly repair the dam in our pyjamas.
gpt
You’re a priceless old fathead, he said.
human
Repairs must wait till the morning. I can never do any work after a rag.
gpt
A rag! But it was a pure accident, due to the idiot’s own meddlesomeness.
human
Most true; but it wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t kept his attention fixed by the longest spell of spouting I ever did in my life. It was a ripping rag, old man, and now we’ll toddle back to bed. The one thing that beats me is, what’s his motive? He’d hardly take the trouble to smash our dam just to get even with us, would he? That’s a kid’s trick. There’s something very fishy about old Noakes.