human
Don't you ever do anything like that again!
gpt
Well, what am I to do if I fall overboard off the _Bluebird_, I'm asking you? called Tess, turning back, and holding her bath robe around her slim form.
human
There aren't any life preservers on it!
gpt
We will provide some if they are needed,
human
Just think, Dot and Tess, one of you might have been drowned, she said severely.
gpt
If that bag had got around your feet, and the winding strips had tangled, your feet might have been held up and your head down. You might easily have been drowned in the bathtub.
human
Not me--I wouldn't!
gpt
Why not?
human
Well, it wouldn't have been if I'd had more air in the bag, called Tess from the half-open door of her room.
gpt
That was the matter.
human
I ha me doots about them on the boat, she said.
gpt
If they cut up such didoes here, what'll they do then?
human
Oh, I think we shall manage somehow, said Ruth with cheerful philosophy.
gpt
We're used to mishaps.