human
He got them clothes out of the junk-closet at the end of the corridor, sir, Wilkins said quite breathlessly.
gpt
He must have been roaming the place quite a bit, to have found them, and----
human
What were you trying to do, David?
gpt
I don't know, sir,
human
Where did you get those clothes?
gpt
I have no idea, sir,
human
Don't lie to me! Anthony snapped.
gpt
What----
human
I'm not lying, sir, David said in the same vague, far-away tone.
gpt
I must have been asleep, Mr. Fry. I remember having a terrible dream--it was about father and it seemed to me that he was dying. There were doctors all about the bed and father was calling to me, and it seemed to me that I must get to him, no matter what stood in the way. I remember trying to go to him, and then--why, I must have fallen there, sir, and wakened.
human
May I go to father now? he asked.
gpt
That--that dream upset me.
human
Morning will do for father,
gpt
But I have a feeling that something terrible's going to happen if I don't go----
human
Get back to bed, youngster, he smiled.
gpt
You're nervous, I suppose, being in a strange bed, and all that sort of thing. And incidentally, get off those clothes and give them to Wilkins.
human
I'll pass them out to Wilkins, if I must, sir,
gpt
Curious kid!
human
Not nearly as curious as you are, said Johnson Boller.
gpt
You didn't even go through his pockets and get out the stuff while he was here, and we could see just what he'd taken! You let him go in there and dump the pockets before he gives up the clothes and----
human
My dear chap, go back to bed and forget it, he said impatiently.
gpt
The boy was stealing nothing. He may have been trying to escape; he may have been walking in his sleep. Consciously or subconsciously, he's certainly giving us a demonstration of humanity's tendency to dodge its opportunities.