human
Hey, boy! what's the matter?
gpt
He smells that fox, said Dick triumphantly.
human
I say, I wish we'd had him with us. There! he's got wind of him. I wish it wasn't so dark, and we'd go back and have a run.
gpt
Have a run! have a swim, you mean, said Tom.
human
Why, that was in one of the wettest places between here and your house. I say, how plainly you can hear the sea!
gpt
Of course you can, when the wind blows off it, said Dick, as he listened for a moment to the dull low rushing sound.
human
Your mother has put two candles in the window.
gpt
She always does when father's out. She's afraid he might get lost in the bog.
human
So did my mother once; but it made father cross, and he said, next time he went out she was to tie a bit of thread to his arm, and hold the end, and then he would be sure to get home all right. Why, there's a jack-o'-lantern on the road.
gpt
That isn't a jacky-lantern,