human
It doesn't look as if a soul were home, I observed.
gpt
How very disappointing!
human
Houses that refugees are hiding in don't exactly open up like hotels, observed Dicky dryly.
gpt
The question now is, how do we get invited in without bringing a lot of attention on ourselves?
human
Well, there's no use sitting here discussing such things! I snapped, taking out my dear father's chronometer and looking at it under the light of the nearest lamp.
gpt
It is now fifteen minutes of three o'clock. I suggest we take some action. We can't stay here, that's plain. Listen to that thunder, will you? I wish I had worn my other hat! I just knew it was going to rain!
human
We might go up and ring the bell, suggested Peaches, climbing to the sidewalk.
gpt
That hasn't failed yet, you know.
human
Since we have been fools enough to come without any definite plan, agreed Dick Talbot,
gpt
I suppose we may as well act as if it were an ordinary call. But first I'm going to run the bus round the corner and park it out of sight. They'll be more apt to open up.