human
The door opened and Henery Walker came staggering in.
gpt
Wots the matter, Henery?
human
Didn't you get the hamper?
gpt
Shut up! he ses, as Bill Chambers started finding fault.
human
I done the best I could. Nothing could ha' 'appened better--to start with. Directly Ted Brown and Joe Smith started, Mrs. Pretty and her sister, and all the kids excepting the baby, run out, and they'd 'ardly gone afore I was inside the back door and looking for that hamper, and I'd hardly started afore I heard them coming back agin. I was at the foot o' the stairs at the time, and, not knowing wot to do, I went up 'em into Bob's bedroom.
gpt
Well?
human
A'most direckly arterwards I 'eard Mrs. Pretty and her sister coming upstairs, ses Henery Walker, with a shudder.
gpt
I was under the bed at the time, and afore I could say a word Mrs. Pretty gave a loud screech and scratched my face something cruel. I thought she'd gone mad.
human
You've made a nice mess of it!
gpt
Mess! ses Henery, firing up.
human
Wot would you ha' done?
gpt
I should ha' managed diff'rent, ses Bill Chambers.
human
Did she know who you was?
gpt
Know who I was? ses Henery.
human
O' course she did. It's my belief that Bob knew all about it and told 'er wot to do.
gpt
Well, you've done it now, Henery, ses Bill Chambers.
human
Still, that's your affair.
gpt
Ho, is it? ses Henery Walker.
human
You 'ad as much to do with it as I 'ad, excepting that you was sitting up 'ere in comfort while I was doing all the work. It's a wonder to me I got off as well as I did.