human
Uncle Crannie, do you know _all_, all that happened on New Year's Day?
gpt
Yes, Dorothy; I have heard all.
human
Oh, Uncle Crannie, to think of Baby Bob's taking my letter to you beginning all the trouble!
gpt
Nay, my little Dorothy, it was not Baby Bob who began the trouble; it was _you_. We must never shift the blame from our own shoulders, and say, if _he_ had not said that, or she had not provoked me, _I_ should not have done what I did.
human
But it _was_ tiresome to squeeze up your letter, which I had taken such pains to write.
gpt
Yes, very tiresome; but _that_ does not alter your fault.
human
Oh, Uncle Crannie, Uncle Crannie! I _wish_ I had not run off; but then I thought I saw Nino.
gpt
Poor Nino! exclaimed Canon Percival;