human
I 've been with Alf,
gpt
Why do you want to be with Alfred so much? It seems to me you might find better company. I 'm afraid he is not so good a boy as he might be. I don't like his looks very much.
human
Why, mother, said Oscar,
gpt
Alf is n't a bad boy, and I never heard anybody say he was. I like him first-rate--he 's a real clever fellow.
human
He may be clever enough, but I do not think he is a very good associate for you,
gpt
Who ought to know best about that, you or I? said Oscar, with a pertness for which he was becoming a little too notorious.
human
I see Alf every day, but you don't know hardly anything about him. At my rate, I 'll risk his hurting me.
gpt
Well, added Mrs. Preston,