human
Wonder if we can all get into that boat, said Jack, after the feast had come to an end.
gpt
A row on the lake and back to the Hall would just suit me.
human
It will give us a little practice for those races, put in Pepper.
gpt
I reckon we can manage it.
human
Are you going to steal our boat?
gpt
It is not your boat--it belongs to the academy, retorted Jack.
human
We have as much right to it as you have.
gpt
Yes, but we had it first.
human
You won't need any boat just yet, said Stuffer.
gpt
You're to stay here, you know.
human
No! No! don't leave us here, cried Paxton.
gpt
Let us go and--er--I, for one, will call the whole matter off.
human
Will you really! said Pepper.
gpt
Awfully kind, I'm sure.
human
If you don't let us go I'll tell on you, said Mumps.
gpt
The captain won't stand for anything like this.
human
What have you got to say, Baxter?
gpt
You had better let us go,
human
If we let you go, will you keep your mouth shut?
gpt
I haven't said that I would.
human
All right, we'll leave you tied up.
gpt
No! No! came from Mumps, pleadingly.
human
Please don't do it! Dan, tell them that you won't say anything.
gpt
They won't dare to leave us,
human
Won't we? said Jack.
gpt
Wait and see. Come on, fellows, put the baskets in the boat and come on board.
human
They are going to leave us, groaned Mumps, as the baskets were stowed away and several entered the craft.
gpt
We'll have to stay here all night, and I know it is going to rain! And there may be bears around! Peleg Snuggers told me about a bear he saw once, on the road to Malville.
human
Oh, don't be a calf, Mumps, interrupted the bully.
gpt
They'll all laugh at you.
human
I don't care, I don't want to stay, so there! whimpered the sneak.
gpt
Tell them you won't say anything.
human
Well, good-bye!
gpt
Stop! cried the bully.
human
Let us go. For Mumps' sake I won't say anything.
gpt
Very well. Remember, Baxter, that's a bargain. Are you agreed, Paxton?
human
Yes.
gpt
And you, Mumps?
human
I shan't say a word--I promise, Ruddy.