human
I won't have you downtown in the evening,
gpt
But you let me go last night.
human
All the better reason why you should not go to-night.
gpt
I tell you, cried Dwight.
human
Why not all walk down? Why not all have ice cream....
gpt
Me too?
human
You too, certainly.
gpt
Goody! goody! Last time you wouldn't let me go.
human
That's why papa's going to take you this time,
gpt
But, she said,
human
I don't want any more.
gpt
Makes no difference. You must eat or you'll get sick.
human
No!
gpt
Very well, then. No ice cream soda for such a little girl.
human
See? She can eat if she will eat, Ina said to Dwight.
gpt
The only trouble is, she will _not_ take the time.
human
She don't put her mind on her meals, Dwight Herbert diagnosed it.
gpt
Oh, bigger bites than that!
human
Are you going to take Jenny and Bobby too?
gpt
Certainly. The whole party.
human
Bobby'll want to pay for Jenny and I.
gpt
Me, darling, said Ina patiently, punctiliously--and less punctiliously added:
human
Nonsense. This is going to be papa's little party.
gpt
But we had the engagement with Bobby. It was an engagement.
human
Well, said Ina,
gpt
I think we'll just set that aside--that important engagement. I think we just will.
human
Papa! Bobby'll want to be the one to pay for Jenny and I--
gpt
Di! Ina's voice dominated all.
human
Will you be more careful of your grammar or shall I speak to you again?
gpt
Well, I'd rather use bad grammar than--than--than--