human
Oscar, what is the trouble between you and Willie Davenport?
gpt
Why, replied Oscar,
human
Do you mean false stories?
gpt
Yes--no--not exactly false, but it was n't true, neither.
human
It must have been a singular story, to have been either false nor true. And as it appears there was but one story, I should like to know what it was.
gpt
He told Ralph I had to stand up and look at a blackboard an hour.
human
Was that false?
gpt
Yes, said Oscar, for in replying to his mother, of late, he had usually omitted the
human
(madam) which no well-bred boy will fail to place after the yes or no addressed to a mother;
gpt
Did you stand before the blackboard because you wanted to, or was it intended as a punishment for not attending to your lesson!
human
Why, I suppose it was meant for a punishment, but the master told me I might go to my seat, whenever I wanted to study.
gpt
Then, said Mrs. Preston,
human
I have not forgotten it, continued his mother;