human
Look here, Dick, she said,
gpt
and she threw her arms round his neck as he stooped over the basket.
human
I love yer, Dick, and I'll find out all about it for yer. I'm a'most sure God loves yer too.
gpt
Oh, He can't yet, yer know, said Dick, drawing his arms across his eyes to conceal the tears that had suddenly come into them.
human
I don't never say no prayers nor nothing. I ain't never heerd about Him, only when dad swears, till you come and said your prayers to Him.
gpt
Still, He might, yer know, said Tiny;
human
What can yer do?
gpt
Well, I'll tell yer why I want dad to come home soon to-night, said Tiny, resting her hands on the basket, and looking anxiously across the sea.
human
Mother said he'd take the samphire by boat to Fellness, and I thought perhaps he'd take me too.
gpt
Well, s'pose he did?
human
Why, then I might get a book, said Tiny.
gpt
I'd go with dad to sell the samphire; and then we'd see the shops; and if he had a good take, and we got a lot of samphire, he'd have enough money to buy me a book, as well as the bread and flour and tea.
human
So this is your secret; this is what you've been thinking of like a little goose all day.
gpt
You needn't laugh, she said;
human
I shall do it, Dick.
gpt
Will yer? he said, in a teasing tone.
human
If there wasn't no whisky, and there was bookshops at Fellness, you might. Why, what do you think the village is like?
gpt
Like? Oh, I dunno! Everything comes from Fellness,