human
I--want to--go, he wailed.
gpt
Charlotte, I want to--g-o. He is going to have--roast beef for dinner, and I--am hungry.
human
Begging! said she.
gpt
Begging! What if you are hungry? What of it? What is that? Hunger is nothing. And then you have no reason to be hungry. There is plenty in the house to eat--plenty! She glanced with angry pride at Anderson, as if he were to blame for having heard all this.
human
Plenty!
gpt
Plenty of old cake left over from Ina's wedding, and dry old crackers, and not enough eggs to go round, returned Eddy.
human
I am hungry. I am, Charlotte. All I have had since yesterday noon is five crackers and three pickles and one egg and a piece of chocolate cake as hard as a brick, besides one little, round, dry cake with one almond on top in the middle. I'm real hungry, Charlotte. Please let me go!
gpt
Good-morning,
human
What you going to take to our house?
gpt
Hush!
human
I won't hush, said Eddy.
gpt
I'm hungry. What are you taking up to our house? Say!
human
Some crackers and cheese and eggs,
gpt
Crackers and cheese and old store eggs!
human
What ails that kid?
gpt
I believe them folks are half starved,
human
I don't believe anybody in town but us trusts 'em,
gpt
Well, I'm sorry for his folks, but he'd ought to be strung up, said the man.
human
Why in thunder don't he go to work. I guess if he was coughin' as bad as I be at night, an' had to work, he might know a little something about it. I ain't in debt, though, not a dollar.