human
Hello, you strangers! I thought you'd be out this afternoon. Isn't it ripping weather? he greeted them.
gpt
Where's Dave?
human
He's gone to Bridgeton with Father, answered Sue,
gpt
No, not sick, but dilly-dallying around the house, helping to wait on that old gentleman. They don't seem to care how much time I lose.
human
We heard that you had a visitor,
gpt
Oh, we have a visitor, all right, but I'm blest if I know why he's taken up his abode with us, nor even who he is, for that matter.
human
I know it sounds queer to say it, went on the boy,
gpt
But what do you call him, if you don't know who he is?
human
Well, he _says_ his name is Monsieur de Vaubert, but I strongly doubt it. I found his handkerchief lying on a chair yesterday, and it had the initial F on it. Later I asked Aunt Yvonne what his first name was, and she said 'Philippe.' So can you figure out where F comes in? I can't.
gpt
All that Aunt and Uncle will tell me about him, he went on,