human
What is the matter?
gpt
I--I----Oh, Bobby! It's gone!
human
Not your locket?
gpt
Yes, my locket!
human
Why, it can't be! Who would take it? When did you see it last? Nobody here in the house would have stolen it, Betty.
gpt
It--it must have dropped out of my bag. Oh! what shall I do? I can't tell Uncle Dick.
human
He won't punish you for losing it, will he?
gpt
But think how he'll feel! And how I'll feel! wailed Betty.
human
He advised me to put it somewhere for safe keeping until I got my chain. And I wouldn't. I--I wanted it with me.
gpt
You should have put it downstairs in daddy's safe,
human
But that doesn't do me a bit of good now,
gpt
Don't you remember where you had it last?
human
In my bag, of course. And I carried my bag to town to-day. Yes! I remember seeing the paper it was in at the bottom of my bag more than once while I was shopping. Oh, dear! what shall I do?
gpt
Then you are quite sure it was not stolen?
human
No. I don't suppose it was. It just hopped out somehow. But where? That is the question, Bobby. I can't answer it.