human
It's a long day when you don't go to school, isn't it?
gpt
Do you mean to say that you haven't been to school to-day? they demanded in a breath, and Sue added,
human
I'd like to know why not.
gpt
I had a bad headache this morning, Susan, explained the Imp sweetly.
human
Mother let me stay home. I was all right by two o'clock, though. Louis and I had a game of basketball before it began to rain.
gpt
His aunt called him in just before we finished, and he didn't come out again.
human
Did he say why he wasn't at school to-day? We thought it rather queer when he didn't come, but perhaps, after the strange thing that happened yesterday--
gpt
I didn't ask him,
human
No doubt you didn't, retorted Carol heatedly,
gpt
Perhaps he did, returned the Imp,
human
Isn't she simply maddening! exclaimed Sue.
gpt
The idea of saying she had to go and study! I never knew her to study a thing in my life. She seems to know her lessons by instinct.
human
But what _do_ you suppose Louis told her?
gpt
Not much, or I miss my guess, returned Sue.
human
She's only trying to tease us. But it is strange that he stayed home to-day. Something serious must be the matter. He hasn't missed a day this term before.
gpt
But if it was serious, argued Carol,