human
There, Mester Dick, said the bluff fellow with a grin;
gpt
Yes, Hicky, I shall go directly after breakfast.
human
Ay, she'll bear splendid to-morrow, and the ice is as hard and black as it can be. Hello, who's this? Haw-haw! I thowt you'd want yours done, he added, as he heard steps coming over the frozen ground, and the jingle of skates knocking together.
gpt
It's young Tom Tallington, Mester Dick. Come, you two ought to mak friends now, and go and hev a good skate to-morrow.
human
I'm never going to be friends with Tom Tallington again,
gpt
Here, he cried,
human
Dick Winthorpe, come along. I've been to the house.
gpt
What do you want?
human
What do I want! Why, they don't know! cried Tom.
gpt
Look here!
human
Fire!
gpt
Hey! cried the wheelwright.
human
Fire! So it is. But there's no house or stack out theer.
gpt
Only old Dave's. Father said he thought it must be his place. Come on, Dick.
human
But how are we to get there?
gpt
How are we to get there! Why, skate.
human
Will it be strong enough, Hicky?
gpt
Mebbe for you, lads; but it wouldn't bear me, and I couldn't get along the boat nor yet a sled.