human
I didn't know they allowed you to have so much in your room,
gpt
They don't--ordinarily. I've been here a long time, and things accumulate. Anyway, I told Miss North that if I couldn't have things the way I wanted them this year, I'd go somewhere else. They'll do a good deal to keep you after they once get you. You'll soon find that out.
human
Oh, I don't know, Ruth said from her end of the room, where she was operating a chafing dish,
gpt
Oh, well,--_that_, of course. Fanny Price hadn't any business here in the first place.
human
Will you have lemon in your tea? she asked.
gpt
Do you mind if we call you Blue Bonnet? It's something of a mouthful, but I like it.
human
Please do. I should love it. I take lemon, thank you.
gpt
It's a good thing you do. Cream is an unknown quantity in this room. We did have some Eagle Brand, but Ruth spread the last of it on her crackers yesterday.
human
On crackers?
gpt
Yes. Ever try it?
human
Oh, it's not so bad. You'll come to it--some day when you're starving.
gpt
Starving? Don't you get enough to eat here?
human
Yes--but it's not the Copley Plaza--exactly. We manage to get fat, anyway. That reminds me--where's Wee? Go get her, Sue, and ask her to bring over some Nabiscos, if she happens to have any handy. Wee's a regular life-saving station, usually.
gpt
Wee.