human
Stop! where's Joel? asked Percy.
gpt
Thomas, we've forgotten Joe,
human
No, we haven't; he isn't going to drive,
gpt
Oh! and Percy, thinking that Joel had stolen a march on them on his good strong legs, now cried lustily,
human
Go on, Thomas; get ahead as fast as you can,
gpt
I've a piece of news, presently cried Van in a lull.
human
Davie's bringing home a prize; first in classics, you know.
gpt
Oh, Davie! screamed Polly, and she leaned over to throw her arms around him;
human
Mamsie will be so glad. Davie, you can't think how glad she'll be!
gpt
It isn't much, he said simply,
human
Well, you've taken one, cried Polly, saying the blissful over and over.
gpt
How perfectly elegant!
human
I could have taken one if I'd had the mind to.
gpt
Hoh-oh! shouted Percy over in his corner.
human
Well, you didn't have the mind; that's what was wanting.
gpt
You keep still, cried Van, flaming up, and whirling away from his window.
human
You didn't take any, either. Polly, his head was under water all the time, unless some of the boys tugged him along every day. We hardly got him home at all.
gpt
No such thing, contradicted Percy flatly, his face growing red.
human
Polly, he tells perfectly awful yarns. You mustn't believe him, Polly, You won't, will you?
gpt
Oh! don't, don't, cried Polly, quite dismayed,
human
Well, he's so hateful, cried Van,
gpt
And he's just as mean, cried Percy vindictively.
human
Oh! you can't think, Polly. Here we are,
gpt
I'll help you out,
human
No, I will, declared Van, opening the door on the other side, jumping out and running around the carriage.
gpt
Here, Polly, take my hand, do.
human
No, I got here first,
gpt
I don't want any one to help me, who speaks so to his brother,