human
I'll drive the big car, cried Bill.
gpt
Come on, Patty,
human
I had to do this, he said to Patty, as they started off.
gpt
I must speak to you alone a minute, and be sure that you forgive me for the trouble I made you.
human
Of course I forgive you, said Patty, gaily.
gpt
I'd forgive you a lot more than that.
human
You would? Why?
gpt
Oh, because I'm such a good forgiver. I'd forgive anybody, anything.
human
Huh! then it isn't much of a compliment to have YOUR forgiveness!
gpt
Well, why should I pay you compliments?
human
That's so! Why SHOULD you? In fact, it ought to be the other way. Let ME pay them to YOU.
gpt
Oh, I don't care much about them. I get quite a lot, you see--
human
I see you're a spoiled baby, that's what YOU are!
gpt
Now,--Little Billee!
human
And I'd like to do my share of the spoiling!
gpt
So you shall! Begin just as soon as you like and spoil me all you can,
human
Of course I don't mean all this,
gpt
But I do, and I shall hold you to it. You know I have your blossom wreath; I've saved it as a souvenir of last night.
human
That forlorn bit of drowned finery! Oh, Little Billee, I thought you were poetical! No poet could keep such a tawdry old souvenir as that!
gpt
It isn't tawdry. I dried it carefully, and picked the little petals all out straight, and it's really lovely.
human
Then if it's in such good shape, I wish you'd give it back to me to wear. I was fond of that wreath.
gpt
No, it's mine now. I claim right of salvage. But I'll give you another in place of it,--if I may.
human
Red Chimneys.
gpt
I'm not, announced Daisy.
human
I'm going to make a straight dive for the breakfast room. Come with me, Bill, and see that I get enough to eat.