human
Oh! that's what you think, is it?
gpt
Please don't be angry, pleaded the boy,
human
What about Heathcote?
gpt
What do you mean, Dick?
human
I mean, is he making a mess of it, too?
gpt
Oh, Dick; I never said you were making a mess of it.
human
Well, then, is Heathcote being led astray?
gpt
I don't know. He seems different; and talks funnily about things.
human
Does what? I never heard Georgie talk funnily about things, and I've known him a good bit. Who's leading him astray? Am I?
gpt
Am I?
human
Heathcote's not so strong-minded as you are, Dick, and when he sees you doing things, I fancy he thinks he can do them too. But he can't pull up like you, and so he gets into rows.
gpt
Oh!