human
Youngster, said the 'Spider,'
gpt
I want you to go to Webster's in High Street and get a book for me.
human
Afraid I can't, Pledge, said Heathcote.
gpt
I must swot this afternoon.
human
What have you got to do?
gpt
There's thirty lines of Cicero, and I haven't looked at them.
human
I'll do it for you before you come back.
gpt
And there are some Latin verses for Westover, too.
human
Leave them with me, too.
gpt
I think I ought to do them myself, said he,
human
I don't like having them done for me.
gpt
Quite right, my dear young friend. You're beginning to find out it pays to be a good little boy, are you? I always said you would. I only hope you'll make a good thing of it.
human
It's not that at all, said he,
gpt
What! Saint George propose to break rules? Well, I am shocked; after all my pains, too. No, my child, I couldn't let you do this wicked thing.
human
What book am I to ask for?
gpt
Thanks, old man. There's something better than the saint in you, after all. Tell Webster it's the book I ordered last week. It is paid for.