human
I suppose you've had someone to put you up to what scholarship girls have to do at Redlands?
gpt
No.
human
Oh, didn't they?
gpt
If it wouldn't be a bother, perhaps you would tell me what I have to do?
human
Of course I will. There's not much to tell; just two or three little things that are always done by the scholarship winner.
gpt
Tidying the Lab is the most important thing, Noreen went on gravely.
human
We've got a jolly old French Stinks Professor, Monsieur Trouville; frightfully brainy over stinks, but untidy--oh! my Sunday hat and Dublin Castle!--untidy isn't the word for it!
gpt
Do I sweep or dust or wash up his messes or what?
human
Shut it, Barbara!
gpt
No, you don't, I think--and, anyhow, you _never_ empty messes out of one saucer into another or you'd probably blow up the Coll, she stated candidly.
human
You just--put bottles into the cupboards--and don't take any notice if he tells you to get out and boil yourself. He does say these sort of things. He's a beast of a temper,
gpt
When do I begin?
human
Tidying the Lab? Well, I shouldn't waste any time, Syb chimed in.
gpt
As soon as you get to Redlands, I should say--anyone would show you where it is.
human
Righto! Joey told them, with outward cheerfulness, though inward tremors.
gpt
Anything else?
human
Not much. You lace up the Senior Prefect's boots; she is Ingrid Latimer--and ... and ... write out the supper menus for cook.
gpt
Oh, don't you remember, Noreen, they stopped that because Mary Hertford wrote like a diseased spider, Syb contributed.
human
The scholarship kid only ... only....
gpt
You're not having me on?
human
My dear Kid; go to the Lab when you get there, and see if we are.
gpt
Mote Deep
human
What a shame!