human
Hello! got your eyes open again, eh?
gpt
I'm all right now, sir, an' I promised to go to school with Bill an' Dan.
human
It's a little late for anything of that kind now, my boy, seeing that the clock has just struck ten. What's all this talk I hear of your showing the members of the Department how to effect a rescue?
gpt
It wasn't me, sir. I only got the baby out of the window, an' somebody else must have taken him from there.
human
It was Jerry Walters who came up the ladder,
gpt
The credit of saving the child belongs to you, Seth, Mr. Fernald said, decidedly,
human
There isn't much to tell, sir. I jest heard the baby yellin', an' went in after it. Then the smoke made me feel silly, an' I had to keep sayin' to myself what I heard you tellin' the class, about a clear head bein' the next best thing to a ladder, else I'd gone under before I found the rope.
gpt
Now there's the kind of a pupil to have! Mr. Fernald cried proudly.
human
There's some satisfaction in knowing that what a man says will be remembered when the time comes that it may be of profit. You shall go regularly into the class from this out, Seth Bartlett, whether the commissioners approve or not, and we'll find some one else to do the odd jobs.
gpt
Do you really think I stand a better chance of gettin' into the Department because of tryin' to pull the kid through?
human
If I can bring any influence to bear, you shall be there very soon, my lad, and at all events, from this time out you will be kept at work on the drill. Ninety-four's kid is of considerably more importance to-night than he was this morning.