human
Say, this jacket ain't paid for, he said.
gpt
Isn't it lucky that the man where Amy bought it didn't know we didn't have much money to pay for things lately and trusted us. If I had on my old jacket, the sleeves were so short and tight, because I had outgrown it, you know, I'd been hurt a good deal worse, and it was lucky we hadn't paid the Chinaman, too. It was real-- What do you call it?
human
I don't know what you mean?
gpt
It was real-- Oh, shucks! you know. What is it folks say when they don't go on a railroad train, and there's an accident, and everybody that did go is killed. You know.
human
Oh, providential?
gpt
Yes, it was real providential.
human
Suppose we go down.
gpt
All right. Say, you mind you don't say a word about this to your mother or Charlotte.
human
Yes, I promise.
gpt
Your mother is an awful nice lady, said Eddy, in a whisper, descending the stairs behind Anderson,
human
Eddy Carroll, what is the matter?
gpt
Nothing,
human
Why, the dear child is ill! cried Mrs. Anderson.
gpt
Randolph, what has happened?
human
Nothing! cried Eddy, holding on to his consciousness like a hero.
gpt
Nothing; and I ain't a dear child.
human
It is nothing, mother,
gpt
Eddy Carroll, said she, with tender severity,
human
It ain't worth talking about,
gpt
I can see blood on your knee, dear. It must be bad to make you turn so pale as that.