human
Well, you did make out to get it, said Mrs. Preston, in a pleasant tone, when Oscar returned with the coal.
gpt
I hope it did n't hurt you much.
human
I was n't afraid of its hurting me, said Oscar
gpt
I am afraid that is only an excuse, replied his mother.
human
It has really got to be a habit with you to call upon somebody else, whenever you are told to do a thing. We have all noticed it, a hundred times, and you alone seem to be blind to it. In a year or two, when you are old enough to leave school, and go to a place, what do you suppose you will be good for, if you keep on in this way? Why, the man who should take you into his employ, would have to hire another boy on purpose to wait upon you.
gpt
It is just as mother says, Oscar, added his eldest sister, Alice.
human
It was only this morning that Bridget was scolding, because you wanted to be waited upon so much. She says you make her more trouble than all the rest of us together.