human
Thought I'd just come over and see what you're yowling about, he said pleasantly;
gpt
Come in, Mr. Hickox, cried Leicester;
human
Oh, yes, said Mr. Hickox,
gpt
We expect boarders to-morrow; and when they come, we want you to be on hand to look after their trunks and things. The Dorrance Domain has suddenly turned back into a hotel. Dorothy is proprietor, I'm clerk, and you're to be the porter.
human
What am I? said Lilian;
gpt
I want a regular position.
human
Oh, you can be the elevator boy, or the carriage-door opener, whichever you like,
gpt
As we haven't any elevator, and our carriage hasn't any door, I won't be over-worked.
human
We girls will all have to be upper servants, said Dorothy;
gpt
I'll sweep all the verandas every day, announced Fairy;
human
I do just love to fly around with that funny big broom-brush.
gpt
Well, Hickox is yours to command, declared that genial gentleman;
human
We must be very methodical, said Dorothy, who was much in earnest in the matter, and who wanted to start out just right.
gpt
Mrs. Faulkner is so nice and sweet, I want to please her; and, too, if the Dorrances run a hotel, I want it to be run on the most approved plan.
human
We'll each have an account book, said Fairy;
gpt
If you get around them all in one day, baby, said Leicester,
human
Oh, pooh! cried Fairy.
gpt
It won't take me all day, at all. I can fly around it in a minute. I'll work like a centripepede!
human
We'll keep the horse for this week, anyway, went on Dorothy;
gpt
All right, said her brother;
human
I don't think this keeping boarders is going to be such hard work after all. I wonder we didn't think of it sooner.
gpt
I'm glad we didn't, said Dorothy;
human
I think it was nicer to have a few weeks all by ourselves, first. We've got to behave when the Faulkners get here. It will be just like it was at Mrs. Cooper's, you know.