human
Drop that!
gpt
What are you doing in here? he asked sternly.
human
Did Miss Parsons ask you to do anything to that bowl?
gpt
I was looking for you, Mr. Oliver explained,
human
She was-- Miss Parsons stooped to recover the shaker.
gpt
Salt! she ejaculated as she saw what it was.
human
Fannie Mears, I do believe you were going to salt Rosemary's icing!
gpt
Did you salt the soup last fall? asked the teacher sternly.
human
Did you? Answer me, Fannie.
gpt
Yes, I did, sobbed Fannie.
human
I got so sick and tired of hearing about Rosemary and her cooking. I put in the salt while she was looking at the tables in the dining-room with you. It makes me sick to hear all the fuss people make about her being such a good cook.
gpt
Rosemary, said Mr. Oliver gravely,
human
Fannie has just told us that it was she who over-salted the soup at the Institute dinner--you remember?
gpt
You did? cried Rosemary, turning to the other girl.
human
Did you take the needle-books you gave Shirley, too?
gpt
Did you wad up the clean tablecloth for the cake table? chorused Rosemary and Miss Parsons together.
human
And spill tomato soup on it, too?
gpt
Catsup,
human
How can you be so horrid!
gpt
Well, it's your own fault, declared Fannie resentfully.
human
You've got a swelled head over your cooking and I just wanted to make you see you weren't so much, after all.
gpt
But there were teachers from all over the State at the Institute dinner, protested Rosemary.
human
If the dinner was spoiled, they would blame the school because we were not better taught. And the fair is for the hospital and if it doesn't go off right, the whole school loses credit. Don't you see, Fannie, you weren't just hurting me, but you were making the whole school fall down.
gpt
You come down to the office with me, Fannie, said Mr. Oliver sternly.
human
I think you and I will have a little talk and perhaps you will see things in a clearer light afterward. Certainly your ideas need to be set right, if you are to continue in school.
gpt
Oh, dear, I hope he won't scold her, sighed Rosemary, beginning to stir the chocolate mixture.
human
As long as she didn't get the salt into this, I don't care, and I don't think Mr. Oliver should.
gpt
He may think differently,