human
Now, don't be a wet blanket, Mother, said Mr. Carpenter, good-humoredly.
gpt
We've had some upsets in our calculation, I confess, but this time it's all coming out right, as you'll see. And I wanted to ask you about something, and that is what you'd think of Amy's having one of the dolls for her Christmas? Don't you think it'd please her?
human
Why, of course; but do you think you can afford it, Robert? The dolls are five dollars, aren't they?
gpt
Yes, to customers they are, but I shouldn't have to pay anything like that, of course. I can have one for cost price, say a dollar seventy-five; so if you think the child would like it, we'll fix it so.
human
Well, I should be glad to have Amy get one, said Mrs. Carpenter, brightening up.
gpt
And it seems only right that she should, when you invented it and all. She's been pretty good these last weeks, and she'll be mightily tickled.