human
Your clothes will smell of tobacco and opium, if you sprinkle them so much,
gpt
No, they won't, says the little wash-man.
human
Me do them good; me do them cheap.
gpt
I hope the clothes are not too blue, John,
human
No, answers Foo Lee.
gpt
They done good this time.
human
And did you find my stockings, which were missing from last week's wash?
gpt
Yes, they all here. I found them: they all right this time,--fifty dozen.
human
How much shall I pay you?
gpt
Six bits. (Seventy-five cents.)
human
I do them velly cheap.
gpt
Thankee. Good-baah! says Foo Lee.
human
Good-by,
gpt
Well, Pansy, are you going to tell us your secret to-day?
human
You must guess it, papa! Can you not guess it?
gpt
Well, I guess you have a new tooth coming.
human
Oh, no, that is not it. Mother can guess better than that, I think. It concerns you, mother.
gpt
Well, I guess, said mother,
human
And I guess, said brother John, who was five years older than Pansy,
gpt
I guess you are knitting a pair of woollen cuffs for papa.
human
You are all wrong, cried Pansy,
gpt
Shall I tell them my secret now? No, Pansy, let them see that you can keep a secret.
human
Well, Pansy, how much longer are you going to keep us in the dark? Are you going to tell us your secret?
gpt
Not yet, papa,
human
What can it be?
gpt
I don't believe it is any thing of any account, cried brother John.
human
She wants to keep us curious.
gpt
Well, I think Pansy must be learning a new piece to recite,
human
That's not it, said Pansy.
gpt
It's a 'portant secret: one that my mother will like to hear.
human
Oh, it's important, is it? said papa.
gpt
I do wonder what it can be.
human
Mother, what day was it that you lost your wedding-ring?
gpt
Don't speak of it, John. It was more than a month ago. I have hunted high and low, and cannot find it. I would have given all my other jewelry rather than have lost it.
human
Did you see that? said papa.
gpt
The little rogue has found the ring, and that's her 'portant secret.
human
I found it, mother, among my doll's things. You must have dropped it there when you were fixing them.