human
I wonder if anything has happened,
gpt
I'll go and find out, Mother,
human
No, indeed, I can't let you! his mother answered.
gpt
Your father would not like it. He may be back any moment.
human
I don't believe anything much has happened, ma'am, said a man across the aisle from Mrs. Bobbsey.
gpt
I can see some men up near the engine, but they are talking and laughing.
human
Then they aren't robbers, said Freddie to his older brother Bert,
gpt
Well, if they're not train robbers why have they guns and false faces on?
human
Maybe they're just making believe--same as when we have pretend-plays,
gpt
Do you pretend, and make believe?
human
Oh, yes, lots of times, Freddie said.
gpt
We have heaps of fun that way; don't you?
human
Sometimes, answered Tommy in a low voice.
gpt
Sometimes I pretend I have gone off in a ship, and that I've found my father. I make believe that he and I are sailing together. And oh! how I wish it would come true!
human
Maybe it will--some day,
gpt
I must go out and see what is keeping your father, said Mrs. Bobbsey at last.
human
Something must have happened. You children stay here with Dinah. Nan and Bert, you look after Flossie and Freddie.