human
Mother! Geoffrey exclaimed,
gpt
Master Lirriper's going to London in a ketch--a ship with a big mizzen sail, you know--and he has offered to take us with him and show us London. And father has said yes, and it's all settled if you have no objection; and of course you haven't.
human
Going to London, Geoffrey! Mrs. Vicars exclaimed aghast.
gpt
I never heard of such a thing. Why, like enough you will be drowned on the way and never come back again. Your father must be mad to think of such a thing.
human
Oh, no, mother; I am sure it will do us a lot of good. And we may see the queen, mother. And as for drowning, why, we can both swim ever so far. Besides, people don't get drowned going to London. Do they Master Lirriper?
gpt
Well, not as a rule, Master Geoffrey, he replied.
human
They comes and they goes, them that are used to it, maybe a hundred times without anything happening to them.
gpt
There! You hear that, mother? They come and go hundreds of times. Oh, I am sure you are not going to say no. That would be too bad when father has agreed to it. Now, mother, please tell Ruth to run away at once and get a wallet packed with our things. Of course we shall want our best clothes; because people dress finely in London, and it would never do if we saw the queen and we hadn't our best doublets on, for she would think that we didn't know what was seemly down at Hedingham.
human
Well, my dears, of course if it is all settled--
gpt
Oh, yes, mother, it is quite all settled.