human
Can you see Mr Marston from here?
gpt
Why, of course not! Come along! I say, Tom, you didn't think what old Hicky said was true, did you?
human
N-n-no. Of course not.
gpt
Why, you did. Ha--ha--ha! That's what father and Mr Marston call superstition. I shall tell Mr Marston that you believe in will-o'-the-wisps.
human
Well, so do you. Who can help believing in them, when you see them going along over the fen on the soft dark nights!
gpt
Oh, I believe in the lights, said Dick,
human
Well, somebody shot them, and my father says it ought to be found out and stopped.
gpt
So does mine; but how are you going to find it out? He thinks sometimes it's one and sometimes another; and if we wait long enough, my gentleman is sure to be caught.
human
Ah, but is it a man?
gpt
Why, you don't think it's a woman, do you?
human
No, of course not; but mightn't it be something--I mean one of the-- well, you know what I mean.
gpt
Yes, I know what you mean, cried Dick--
human
Ah, it's all very well for you to laugh now out in the sunshine; but if it was quite dark you wouldn't talk like that.
gpt
Oh yes, I should!
human
I don't believe it, said Tom;
gpt
There goes a big hawk, Tom. Look!