human
I'll tell her today,
gpt
Dogs have to run faster, explained Nora breathlessly, when Cap won by more than he needed to establish his claim.
human
If you could not run faster than human beings, Cap, you could never have been made a Red Cross messenger, as you were in the awful war.
gpt
Alma, do you think you could keep a secret?
human
Because, continued Nora,
gpt
I have to have secrets, returned Alma,
human
Well, this isn't that sort of a secret, she said presently.
gpt
It's about our attic.
human
What about it?
gpt
Oh, it's a lot to tell. We had better sit on the big log under the chestnut tree and be comfortable before I start.
human
Nora, you should tell Mrs. Manton! It is not safe to hide anything so serious as that. Suppose the Thing comes crawling down some night and Vita is not there to drive it back?
gpt
Oh, she doesn't drive it back, Nora had not actually visualized the terror in that way.
human
She just kept me from finding out----
gpt
What?
human
I don't know what!
gpt
What do you think?
human
Well, maybe it's a--really Alma, I don't dare think. I did not know how frightened I was till I started talking about it. Why, I am just all creeps, admitted Nora.
gpt
Here Cap, she shouted, as the dog attempted to wander off,
human
Maybe it is,