human
We've been robbed! At least Ruth has! exclaimed Agnes.
gpt
A ruffian took our jewelry box!
human
You don't mean it!
gpt
I only wish I didn't, said Ruth brokenly.
human
Oh, my lovely rings!
gpt
And my pins!
human
Tell me about it,
gpt
They ran off down the street with the box of jewelry we were taking to the bank,
human
Then you'd better tell the police at once, advised Myra.
gpt
Come on up into our flat and you can telephone from there. Mr. Buckley is a special officer and he has a telephone. Father will send for him. Do come up!
human
Yes, I think we had better, agreed Ruth.
gpt
And we must notify Mr. Howbridge. That is, if he hasn't left his office.
human
If he has we can get him at our house, said Agnes.
gpt
We were just going to start on a houseboat trip when this terrible thing happened,
human
Isn't it too bad! said the grocer's daughter.
gpt
But do come upstairs. Did you say the man came out of our hallway?
human
Yes, answered Ruth.
gpt
We stepped into the doorway to be out of the rain for a moment and to raise the umbrella, the catch of which had been caught in some way, when they both rushed past us, one of them grabbing the box from under my arm.
human
And one gave me a shove,
gpt
That's the most amazing thing I ever heard of! declared Myra.
human
Those men must have been hiding in there waiting for you.
gpt
But how did they know we were coming? asked Ruth.
human
We didn't think of going to the bank with the jewelry ourselves until a few minutes ago. Those men couldn't have known about it.
gpt
Then it's very strange, said Myra.
human
I must tell father about it. There may be more of them hiding upstairs.
gpt
Do you mean in your house?
human
I mean in the vacant flat above ours, went on Myra.
gpt
It's to let, you know, and two men were in to look at it yesterday. They said they were from the Klondike.
human
From the Klondike!
gpt
Yes. That's in Alaska where they dig gold, you know, explained Myra.
human
I didn't see the men. Father said they came to look at the flat, and one of them remarked they had just come back from the gold regions. They didn't rent it though, as far as I know.
gpt
Isn't that strange?
human
Very,