human
Miss Amelia Edwards says the camel is a beast that hates its rider, said Jack.
gpt
I wonder what are the private prejudices of the Cairo Street variety.
human
As if you couldn’t see! answered Mildred.
gpt
It wouldn’t be half so funny if the camels didn’t curl their lips and look so supercilious all the time those idiots are shrieking so. ’What fools these mortals be!’ is the sentiment their faces express chronically. Poor things! Just think, that they are only intended to kneel once or twice a day, and here they have to go down every three minutes. How they would execrate Columbus if they only knew how! Oh, look at that old lady! It is a shame to let her go, added Mildred.
human
They will laugh at her, too.
gpt
Never mind. She will be the heroine of Perkins Point, or wherever it is, all the rest of her life.
human
She looks scared, Jack. Oh, dear! her bonnet is falling off. I wish she wouldn’t. Why, there are Clover and Mr. Page! Do you see them? Let us go out on the balcony.
gpt
Is there a balcony? Why didn’t you say so?
human
Because I am economical of my pleasant surprises.