human
Where do those purple places come from? asked Katherine, with a rapturous sigh for the sheer loveliness of it.
gpt
There isn't a cloud in the sky to throw a shadow.
human
Maybe the color comes from below, said Slim, yawning as the light on the water made him sleepy again.
gpt
Wouldn't I like to go down underneath the water and lie there, though, he continued dreamily.
human
On a bed of nice soft sand that the fellows couldn't make collapse, and where you couldn't come along and shove burrs down my neck.
gpt
It was an acorn,
human
Wouldn't I have a grand sleep, though, continued Slim, not heeding her interruption.
gpt
I'd stay there a week; maybe a month.
human
Yes, said Katherine,
gpt
Binnacles! he repeated.
human
That's good. You mean _barnacles_, don't you? Glory! Wouldn't I look great with binnacles hanging all over me!
gpt
Well, take whichever you please,
human
Don't get mad, he said pleadingly to the back of her head,
gpt
I won't tell any of the others what you said. But it was so funny I _had_ to laugh,
human
Oh, I say----
gpt
What's that floating out there in the lake?
human
Where?
gpt
Out there.
human
I don't see anything.
gpt
It seems to have gone under,
human
Slim! she shrieked, springing to her feet and dragging him up with her.
gpt
It's--it's a person, and it looks like a woman. It's red. A woman in a red dress. She's drowning. She went down when she disappeared and now she's come up again. Hurry! The little launch! Come on! Hurry!