human
Though I never thought, in my old age, I'd come to bein' a houseboat keeper, she chuckled.
gpt
But 'tis all in the day's work. I'll gang with ye ma lassies. A canal boat is certainly more staid than an ice-boat, and I went alang with ye on that.
human
Hurray! cried Agnes, unable to restrain her joy.
gpt
All aboard for Lake Macopic!
human
I thought I heard some one calling,
gpt
It was Agnes, explained Ruth.
human
She's so excited about the trip.
gpt
Fish? What fish? It isn't Friday, is it?
human
No, Auntie dear, I didn't say _fish_--I said _trip_. And Ruth spoke more loudly.
gpt
We are going to make a trip on a houseboat for our summer vacation. Would you like to come along?
human
I'm getting too old, my dear, to go traipsing off over the country in one of those flying machines.
gpt
It's a houseboat--not a flying machine,
human
Well, it's about the same, I reckon, returned the old lady.
gpt
No, I'll stay at home and look after things at the Corner House. It'll need somebody.
human
Yes, there's no doubt of that,