human
Rosemary! he said in surprise.
gpt
What do you call it you are doing? And Sarah, too--kicking and fighting like two small boys! What ails you, anyway?
human
She took ten cents out of my bank--it's just the same as stealing, because she never pays back anything she borrows, panted Rosemary, almost crying.
gpt
I found a penny on the floor where she dropped it. And she knows how hard I'm trying to save every cent, too.
human
Well, Sarah, I think robbing a bank is a pretty mean trick, pronounced Doctor Hugh judiciously.
gpt
Where is this bank, Rosemary? I've never seen it. Seems to me you're beginning to get ready for Christmas rather far in advance.
human
I'll pay you back to-morrow Rosemary, honestly I will, said Sarah hurriedly.
gpt
Aunt Trudy owes me ten cents for not melting her letter sealing wax. She will pay me to-morrow night and I'll give it to you.
human
Sarah, Sarah, groaned her brother, half in amusement, half in despair,
gpt
I'm afraid your ethics are pretty wobbly. So Aunt Trudy has to bribe you, does she, to let her desk alone? Well, see that you turn the bribe over to Rosemary, though I should call it robbing Peter to pay Paul, with a vengeance.
human
Goodness, suppose he had made you tell why you were saving the money! whispered Sarah, when the doctor had gone back to his office.
gpt
I was just shaking in my shoes.
human
Sarah, wouldn't you rather tell, anyway? said Rosemary suddenly.
gpt
I don't believe Hugh would be so very cross, because you didn't mean to lose the ring. And I am afraid it will take me a perfect age to earn enough money to buy another.
human
I won't tell, ever! declared Sarah, shaking her dark head obstinately.
gpt
And if you tell, Rosemary Willis, I'll never speak to you as long as I live! You don't have to buy another ring--that's silly. Aunt Trudy doesn't even know this one is lost.
human
I don't care if she doesn't, insisted Rosemary.
gpt
You lost it, and we have to get another one for her; that's all there is to it.