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{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's all right, Little Billee, she said, softly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You were a brave, true friend, and I shall never forget your chivalry and true kindness."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was all your fault, Bill! she exclaimed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You ought not to have driven so fast and so far."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know it, ma'am, said Big Bill, looking like a culprit schoolboy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm awful 'shamed of myself!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And well you may be! chimed in Adele Kenerley."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Suppose this house hadn't been here, what would you have done?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should have built one,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So you would!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're equal to any emergency, Little Billee; and it WASN'T all your fault, anyway. _I_ egged you on, because I love to drive fast, especially at night."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very reprehensible tastes, young woman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, you might have known this house was here, said Mona."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's Mr. Kemper's house. They've gone away for a month. They're coming back next week."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, they'll find everything in order, said Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We didn't hurt a thing, except the window, and we've fixed that. We burned up a lot of their firewood, though."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They won't mind that, said Mona, laughing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They're awfully nice people. We'll come over and tell them the whole story when they get home."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now, can't we go home? said Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm just about starved."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You poor dear child, cried Mrs. Kenerley."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You haven't had a bite of breakfast! Come on, Mona, let's take Patty and Daisy home in one of the cars; the rest can follow in the other."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll drive the big car, cried Bill."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come on, Patty,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I had to do this, he said to Patty, as they started off."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must speak to you alone a minute, and be sure that you forgive me for the trouble I made you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course I forgive you, said Patty, gaily."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'd forgive you a lot more than that."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You would? Why?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, because I'm such a good forgiver. I'd forgive anybody, anything."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Huh! then it isn't much of a compliment to have YOUR forgiveness!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, why should I pay you compliments?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's so! Why SHOULD you? In fact, it ought to be the other way. Let ME pay them to YOU."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I don't care much about them. I get quite a lot, you see--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I see you're a spoiled baby, that's what YOU are!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now,--Little Billee!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And I'd like to do my share of the spoiling!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So you shall! Begin just as soon as you like and spoil me all you can,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course I don't mean all this,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I do, and I shall hold you to it. You know I have your blossom wreath; I've saved it as a souvenir of last night."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That forlorn bit of drowned finery! Oh, Little Billee, I thought you were poetical! No poet could keep such a tawdry old souvenir as that!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It isn't tawdry. I dried it carefully, and picked the little petals all out straight, and it's really lovely."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then if it's in such good shape, I wish you'd give it back to me to wear. I was fond of that wreath."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, it's mine now. I claim right of salvage. But I'll give you another in place of it,--if I may."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Red Chimneys."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm not, announced Daisy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm going to make a straight dive for the breakfast room. Come with me, Bill, and see that I get enough to eat."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's the matter with you, Bill?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing. I say, Daisy, why don't you go and get into some togs more suitable for 9 A.M.?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because I'm hungry. Yes, James, omelet, and some of the fried chicken. Bill, don't you like me any more?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, of course I do. But you ought to act more,--more polite, you know."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, fiddlesticks! You mean more finicky,--like that paragon, Patty. You think she's perfect, because she never raises her voice above a certain pitch, and she expects all you men to lie down and let her walk over you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She MAY walk over me, if she likes; and I want you to stop speaking of her in that slighting way, Daisy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, you do, do you? And, pray, what right have you to say HOW I shall speak of her?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The right that any man has, to take the part of one who is absent."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'd like to have more rights than that, wouldn't you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Maybe I would, but I'm not confiding in you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You don't have to. Yours is an open secret. Everybody can see you're perfectly gone on that little pink and white thing!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That will do, Daisy; don't say another word of that sort!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hello, people! said Guy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where's everybody that belongs to this chateau? We've come through myriads of empty rooms, but at last we find the gems of the collection."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, Miss Dow, exclaimed Lora, looking at Daisy's gown,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I congratulate you, Miss Dow, said Guy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, yes; she's all right, but you know, she can't stand much fatigue. And the whole performance unnerved her, and gave her a chance to insist on having a beauty sleep."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Which she doesn't need for THAT purpose, laughed Lora, good-naturedly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I fear we are keeping you, Miss Dow. Don't you want to get into a morning frock? Wouldn't you feel more comfortable?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, it doesn't matter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We came to talk about the Pageant, began Guy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We want to get the various parts settled."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, of course we can't answer for the others, said Daisy,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, have you? said Guy, eagerly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then DO help me out. I have to get up such a lot of characters,--all representative of the sea, you know. I want Mr. Farnsworth here for Father Neptune, that's certain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm quite willing, said Bill, good-naturedly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do I wear a bathing suit?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, indeed, replied Lora."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You wear a gorgeous robe, all dark green muslin, in billowy waves, and cotton wool on it for sea foam. Then you'll have a stunning crown and a trident and a lot of paraphernalia."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lovely, said Bill."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do think I'll look just sweet! Who is with me in this misery?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, the Spirit of the Sea is the next most important figure on this float. I wanted to be it, but mother thinks I'm not strong enough to stand it. She refuses to let me try. So I suppose it will be Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Patty Fairfield! exclaimed Daisy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She's not strong enough, either. Suppose I take that part. I'm used to posing, and I can stand in one position without getting tired. I'll do it, if you want me to."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But we've really asked Patty, demurred Guy,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, leave it to me, said Daisy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll ask her, and if she wants the part, all right, and if not, I'll take it."
}
] |
5264
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How sweet you look! said Daisy, sitting beside her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When are you coming downstairs? The boys are moping all over the place. I believe you're staying up here for coquetry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I'm going down for tea. I'm just writing to my father. Then I'll dress and go downstairs. I'm all right, you know."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, you look so, said Daisy, glancing at the bright eyes and roseleaf complexion."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You don't look a bit tired."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm not now; but I was when I reached home this morning. Weren't you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not very. I'm stronger than you are. Guy Martin and Lora Sayre were here to talk about the Pageant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Were they? Is Lora going to be Spirit of the Sea?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; her mother won't let her. They asked me to take the part, but I don't want to."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why not?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I think they'd better have a Spring Beach girl. You, for instance."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They asked me before, but if you'll do it, I'll take something else. Who's going to be Neptune?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bill. That's another reason why you'd better be the Sea Spirit."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nonsense!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Patty, write a note for me, will you? I've run a sliver into my forefinger and I can't hold a pen."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A sliver? Oh, Daisy, does it hurt?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, not much now. I got it out. But the tip of my finger is painful if I write. You've your pen in your hand, so just scribble a line for me. I can sign it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course I will. Dictate, please!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I really would rather not be the Spirit of the Sea, dictated Daisy, and Patty wrote obediently."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Please try to get some one else for the part. But may I ask you as a personal favour not to speak of the matter to me at any time."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you, said Daisy, taking the paper from Patty and folding it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can sign it, even if I have to use my left hand. I'm going to give it to Mr. Martin for, somehow, I don't want to talk about the matter to him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't see why,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never mind, girlie. You know sometimes there are little foolish reasons we don't like to tell of. Don't say anything about all this to anybody, will you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, certainly not,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't tell any one I asked you to write the note."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You see, I hate to acknowledge a hurt finger. It sounds so silly."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're all right, little girl, aren't you? he said, anxiously, and Patty laughed gaily up at him as she answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, indeed! and all ready for another adventure, if YOU'LL take care of me!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You apple blossom! whispered Bill."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I won't hold you to your word, but I'd like to. Do you know, I've promised to be Father Neptune in this dinky parade they're getting up. Won't I be the gay old Sea Dog! I hope you'll be the Spirit of the Sea."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That isn't decided; don't ask me about it yet,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Half Moon."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "How about Patty's being Spirit of the Sea?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Daisy said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "H'm, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, yes, if you want me to, said Daisy, looking modest and demure."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can make the costume easily, because I know just how. It requires fishnet draperies over green chiffon, and lots of seaweed decorations and that sort of thing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; you have just the right idea. Then I'll put you down for that. You and Mr. Farnsworth will make a fine pair. I wonder what Patty WOULD like to be."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll ask her, volunteered Daisy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know you're awfully busy, Mr. Martin, and I want to help you all I can. So leave that matter to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well, I will, said Guy, who really had a multitude of cares and affairs;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Mr. Martin, you forget she asked you, as a personal favour, not to speak to her about it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By Jove! So she did! Wonder what's come over the girlie! If anybody has offended her, I'll kill him! Well, I must fly, Miss Dow; attend the rehearsals, won't you? See you tomorrow."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Patty, dear, she said, sweetly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I couldn't withstand Mr. Martin's persuasions, and I've promised him I'll be the Spirit of the Sea. You know I told you I didn't want to, but he overruled my objections and I consented."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, Daisy,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What part will you take? Daisy went on."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Martin told me to ask you and arrange for you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you assistant chairman, Miss Dow?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Martin didn't call it that, said Daisy, smiling pleasantly;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You bet Miss Fairfield will have a good place! exclaimed Jack."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't you bother about it, Miss Dow. Let me relieve you of that duty. _I_'LL see to Miss Fairfield's place."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But Mr. Martin left it in my care,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Leave Mr. Martin to me, said Jack, a little curtly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll explain to him that I relieved you of the responsibility of Patty's place in the show. I say, Patty, let's you and me be Dutch kiddies on the Holland Float."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shall us?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come in, said Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, it's you, Mona,--well, I AM glad to see you! In the turmoil of this 'house party' of yours, we almost never see each other alone, do we?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; and I'm sorry. But you're enjoying it, aren't you, Patty?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, indeed! I love it! People running in and out all the time, and a lot of people all over the house,--oh, yes, it's gay."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Patty, I'm bothered about this Pageant business. How does it happen that Daisy has taken your part?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It wasn't my part. It had never been assigned, until Guy persuaded Daisy to take it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Persuaded fiddlesticks! She MADE him give it to her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, she didn't. She was determined NOT to have that part, but he coaxed her into it. She told me so herself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pooh! You don't know Daisy as I do. You're so sweet and generous yourself you think everybody else is. I wish I hadn't asked her here. I thought she had outgrown her school-girl tricks. She was always like that."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Like what?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nothing; never mind. What does Bill say about it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing. I don't believe he knows who's to be Spirit of the Sea. And probably he doesn't care."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Probably he DOES! Don't be a goose, Patty Fairfield! You know that great big angel Bill adores the ground you walk on."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is he as fond of Real Estate as all that? Well, I can't give it to him, for it's your ground that I'm on most of the time, and I suppose the beach is owned by the Realty Company or something."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "FUNNY girl! Patty, you make me laugh boisterously with that wit of yours! Well, Miss Sweetness, will you help me with my costume? Guy has 'persuaded' ME to be Cleopatra on the Nile Float."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Mona, how lovely! You'll be a PERFECT Cleopatra. Indeed I will help you! What are you going to wear?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whatever's the right thing. Of course it must be magnificent in effect. I'm going to send for a dressmaker and two helpers to-morrow morning, and put them to work on it. They can fit linings while I send to New York for the material. Lizette can go and select it. What do you think of gold-brocaded white satin?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Appropriate enough for Cleopatra, but ridiculous for a pantomime costume! Get white paper muslin or sateen, and trace a design on it with gold paint."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, sir-ee! I don't get a chance to shine as a dramatic star often, and I'm going to have the finest costume I can think up!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Mona, you have no sense of proportion, laughed Patty;"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Patty Fairfield, she said to the disturbed looking reflection that confronted her,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Red Chimneys."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why these shyness? asked Patty, as he quickly closed his sketch-book at her approach."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why these modest coquetry? Art afraid of me? Gentle little me? Who wouldn't hurt a 'squito? Or am it that I be unworthy to look upon a masterpiece created by one of our risingest young artists?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't want you to see this sketch till it's finished, said Cromer, honestly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's going to be an awfully pretty bit, but unfinished, it looks like the dickens. Let me sketch you, Miss Fairfield, may I?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, indeed; but can you talk at the same time? I want your advice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, yes; the more I talk the better I work. Turn a little more to the right, please. Oh, that's perfect! Rest your fingertips on the balustrade, so--now, don't move!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Huh, remarked Patty, as Cromer began to sketch in swiftly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, DON'T move! This is only a beginning, but I'll make a wonderful picture from it. That shining white linen frock is fine against the gleaming, sunlit marble of the terrace."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, I'll stand, said Patty, goodnaturedly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now you can return the favour by helping me out of a quandary. Won't you advise me what part to take in the Pageant? As a matter of fact, I think all the best parts are assigned, and I don't want to be 'one of the populace,' or just 'a voice heard outside'! I want a picturesque part."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should say you did! Or, rather the picturesque parts all want you. Now, _I_'M designing the Niagara Float. It's unfinished, as yet,--the scheme, I mean,--but I know I want a figure for it, a sort of a,--well, a Maid of the Mist, don't you know. A spirituelle girl, draped all in grey misty tulle, and dull silver wings,--long, curving ones, and a star in her hair."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lovely! cried Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And do you think I could be it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I had a brown-haired girl in mind. Your colouring is more like 'Dawn' or 'Spring' or 'Sunshine.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I HATE my tow-head! exclaimed Patty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wish I was a nut-brown maid."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't be foolish, said Cromer, in a matter-of-fact way."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are the perfection of your own type. I never saw such true Romney colouring. Pardon me, Miss Fairfield, I'm really speaking of you quite impersonally. Don't be offended, will you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, indeed, said Patty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I quite understand, Mr. Cromer. But what part AM I adapted for in the Pageant?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you will, I'd like you to be Maid of the Mist. As I say, I had thought of a darker type, but with a floating veil of misty grey, and grey, diaphanous draperies, you would be very effective. Turn the least bit this way, please."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Maid of the Mist"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I'll take that part, if you want me to,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hello, Apple Blossom!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Misser Bill my horsie, she announced."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Me go ridy-by."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "IS there something on my shoulder? asked Bill, seemingly unconscious of his burden."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thought a piece of thistledown lighted there, but it may have blown off."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is a bit of thistledown there, said Patty,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Indeed it is, agreed Cromer."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'd like to sketch you and that mite of humanity together."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You're ready to sketch anybody that comes along, seems to me, observed Bill."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn't this Miss Fairfield's turn?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I expect she's about tired of holding her pose, said the artist."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll give her a rest, and make a lightning sketch of you two. Baby's mother may like to have it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, give it to me! begged Patty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'd love to have a picture of Baby May."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But there'll be so much more of me in it than Baby May,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never mind, laughed Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shan't object to your presence there. Now, I'll run away while you pose, for I MIGHT make you laugh at the wrong time."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't go,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What a beautiful thing she is,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She is, agreed Bill."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She's all of that, and then some. She'll make a perfect Spirit of the Sea. I say, Cromer, help me rig up my Neptune togs, will you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course I will, old chap. But Miss Fairfield isn't going to be on your float. She's agreed to be my Maid of the Mist."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She HAS! I say, Cromer, that's too bad of you! How did you persuade her to change her plan?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She didn't change. She had no idea of being on your float. She asked me what I thought she'd better be, and she said all the most desirable parts were already assigned."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "H'm, quite so! Oh, of course,--certainly! Yes, yes, INDEED!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's the matter with you, Bill? Are you raving? Your speech is a bit incoherent."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Incoherent, is it? Lucky for you! If I were coherent, or said what I'm thinking, you'd be some surprised! You go on making your pencil marks while I think this thing out. All right, Baby; did Uncle Bill joggle you too much? There,--now you're comfy again, aren't you? I say, Laurence, I'll have my picture taken some other day. Excuse me now, won't you? I have a few small fish to fry. Come, Babykins, let's go find mummy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "H'm, said Laurence Cromer to himself, as Bill swung off with mighty strides toward the house."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Somehow, I fancy he'll regain his lost Spirit of the Sea, or there'll be something doing!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Much obliged for this dance. Reserve me one for to-morrow morning at the same hour. And, I say, Mrs. Kenerley, could you put me on the trail of Miss Fairfield?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She went off in her runabout with Roger Farrington. I think she's heading for the telegraph office to order much materials and gewgaws for the Pageant."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then, do you know where Daisy Dow is? I MUST flirt with somebody!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Try me,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I would, but I'm afraid Baby May would tell her father."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's so; she might. Well, Daisy is at the telephone in the library; I hear her talking."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, he heard Daisy saying as he entered the room,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are you going to represent in your light green veil, Daisy?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Spirit of the Sea, she replied."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've arranged for the loveliest costume,--all green and shimmery, and dripping with seaweed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How did you happen to be chosen for that part, Daisy?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Guy Martin insisted upon it. He said there was no one else just right for it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How about Patty Fairfield?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, she WOULDN'T take it. She told Guy so."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She did! I wonder WHY she wouldn't take it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know, Bill, I'm sure. It COULDN'T have been because you're Neptune, could it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It might be,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bill,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Only this: Patty asked Guy as a special favour not to mention this matter to her. So I daresay you'll feel in honour bound not to speak of it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "H'm; I don't know as my honour binds me very strongly in that direction."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But it MUST, Bill! and Daisy looked distinctly troubled."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I oughtn't to have told you, for Patty trusted me not to tell anybody."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Patty ought to know better than to trust you at all!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just a moment, Martin, please. As man to man, tell me if Patty Fairfield refused to take the part of the Spirit of the Sea?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, yes; she did, said Guy, looking perplexed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's a queer business and very unlike Patty. But she wrote me a note, saying she didn't want the part, and asking me not to mention the matter to her at all."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She did? Thank you. Good-bye."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hello, Billy Boy, what's the matter?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm pining for you, returned Bill."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do shed the light of your countenance on me for a few blissful moments. You're the most unattainable hostess I ever house-partied with!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, I'll walk down to the lower terrace and back with you. Now, tell me what's on your mind."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How sympathetic you are, Mona. Well, I will tell you. I'm all broken up over this Pageant business. I wanted Patty Fairfield on the float with me, and she won't take the part, and now Daisy has cabbaged it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know it. But Patty says Guy Martin chose Daisy in preference to her. And she says it's all right."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Great jumping Anacondas! She says THAT, does she? And she says it's all right, does she? Well, it's just about as far from all right as the North Pole is from the South Pole! Oh--ho! E--hee! Wow, wow! I perceive a small beam of light breaking in upon this black cat's pocket of a situation! Mona, will you excuse me while I go to raise large and elegant ructions among your lady friends?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, Bill, don't stir up a fuss. I know your wild Western way of giving people 'a piece of your mind,' but Spring Beach society doesn't approve of such methods. What's it all about, Bill? Tell me, and let's settle it quietly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Settle it quietly! When an injustice has been done that ought to be blazoned from East to West!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, and make matters most uncomfortable for the victim of that injustice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're right, Mona, he said, in a low, tense voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm nothing but an untamed cowboy! I have no refinement, no culture, no judgment. But I'll do as you say; I'll settle this thing QUIETLY."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dearest Nan,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come out here,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What part are YOU going to take in this foolish racket they're getting up?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm going to be Maid of the Mist,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why aren't you going to be Spirit of the Sea?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because Guy asked Daisy to take that part."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes! he asked her after you had refused to take it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Refused! What do you mean?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I know all about it! You wrote a note to Martin, telling him you wouldn't take the part, and asking him not to mention the subject to you again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, that note,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, THAT NOTE, repeated Bill, still gazing straight at her."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell me about it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's nothing to tell,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You wrote it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,--I wrote it,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I--I hoped you didn't, he said, simply;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, no,-NO, Bill! cried Patty, shocked at this added injustice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It wasn't THAT,--truly it wasn't!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wasn't it? he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wasn't it, Apple Blossom? Then, tell me, why DID you write it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I don't want to tell you,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But you shall tell me! If you don't, --Bill came a step nearer,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll pick you up and toss you up into the top branches of that biggest pine tree over there!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pooh! Who's afraid?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here you go! he said, laughing at her surprised face."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One,--two--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Farnsworth!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How did it go, Mrs. Parsons? We're practising for our great scene in the Pageant--the Spirit of the Sea, tossed by old Father Neptune. I do my part all right, but Miss Fairfield needs more practice, don't you think so?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Patty looked scared to death, she said, with reminiscent criticism."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oughtn't she to look more gay and careless?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She certainly ought, assented Bill."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will you try the scene once more, Miss Fairfield, with Mrs. Parsons for audience?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will not!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I didn't know you were to have acting on the floats,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm not sure that we shall, returned Farnsworth, easily."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I had a notion it would be effective, but perhaps not. Do you know where Miss Dow is, by any chance?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, I think she's just starting for the Sayres'. Yes, there she goes now,--walking down the path."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "WILL you excuse me then, Mrs. Parsons, if I make a hurried exit? I want to see her on a MOST important matter."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whoop-ee! Daisy, wait a minute!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What for?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because I tell you to! thundered Bill."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because I want to talk to you,--and, right now!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I--I'm going on an errand--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't care if you're going on an errand for the Czar of Russia; you turn around, and walk along with me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where to?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wherever I lead you! Here's a rose arbour, this will do. In with you!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I didn't! She told Guy Martin she wouldn't take it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; she wrote him a note. Now, in some way or other, you made her write that note. How did you do it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did she tell you I made her write it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, she didn't! She said she wrote it, but she wouldn't tell me why."
}
] |
5264
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why do YOU think she wouldn't tell you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't THINK, I KNOW! A man has only to look into Patty Fairfield's clear, honest eyes to know that she's incapable of meanness or deceit. While you,--forgive me, Daisy, but I've known you for years,--and you ARE capable of gaining your own ends by underhanded methods."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you accuse me of?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know, and Bill looked exceedingly perplexed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But I DO know that in some way you persuaded Patty to give up that part, because you wanted it yourself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You're mistaken, she said, in a kind way,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Patty did write that note, but she had her own reasons, and she desired, especially, that no one should mention the subject to her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, said Bill,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You do me an injustice, and now Daisy's tone was haughty and distant;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I say, Daisy, he began,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, never mind, Bill; I'm used to being misunderstood. But I'll forgive you, if you'll promise never to refer to the subject again to me, or to any one else."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whoo-ee!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's wanted?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, Miss Fairfield, Bill began,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What about the note?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you write it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did any one force or persuade you to write it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did it willingly, and without compulsion."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did Daisy know you wrote it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She knew it, yes. She gave it to Guy Martin."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Didn't you want to be Spirit of the Sea?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I DID want to, she said, slowly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then there is nothing more to be said, Farnsworth muttered."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The incident is closed."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "DON'T look at me like that, Patty, she cried out;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't bear it! Bill, come back! The incident ISN'T closed. I want to tell you, Bill, what I did. Patty wrote that note, at my dictation, thinking it was for me,--I had a hurt finger,--and I told her I'd sign it,--and I DIDN'T sign it,--I gave it to Guy as if it was from her--oh, Patty--will you forgive me? WILL you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, there, Daisy, and Patty put her arms around the sobbing girl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never mind, it's all right."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It isn't all right! exclaimed Farnsworth, his eyes blazing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Daisy Dow, do you mean to tell me--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She doesn't mean to tell YOU anything, interrupted Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She's only going to tell me. I wish you'd go away. This note matter is entirely between Daisy and myself. It's--it's a sort of a--a joke, you see."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It ISN'T a joke, Bill, she said, in an unsteady voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I did a horrid, hateful thing, and Patty is so angelic and forgiving she makes me feel too mean to live."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nonsense, said Patty,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Daisy, he said, looking at her sternly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I never heard of such a mean piece of business in my life! I think--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never mind what you think! cried Patty, turning on him like a little fury."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "YOU'RE the MEAN one,--to rub it in when Daisy is feeling so bad over it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She ought to feel bad,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, she DOES, if that's such a comfort to you, retorted Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, go away, and leave us girls alone, won't you? This is our own little sewing circle, and we don't want any men at it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I won't go away, he declared;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can't stay, unless you'll say you forgive Daisy, and love her just the same."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just the same as who?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just the same as you always did,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do forgive me, Bill, said Daisy, contritely;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm awfully sorry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll forgive you, Daisy, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I won't do it, said Patty, quickly, but Daisy said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, you must. I shan't feel that you've really forgiven me unless you do."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What will the others say?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing at all, responded Bill, promptly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Simply announce that you and Daisy have agreed to change parts. Then Daisy can be 'Maid of the Mist,' and you can be the Water Sprite of old Neptune's float."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll do it, on one condition, said Patty;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Gee! You're a wonder!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, don't give me undue credit, Patty said, laughing;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're perfectly sweet in everything, Patty; I never saw any one like you!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Neither did I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, here you are, drawled a slow voice, and Laurence Cromer came sauntering along in search of Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't you want to discuss your costume now? There's only a half-hour before luncheon time."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, you see, Mr. Cromer, said Patty, smiling at him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, agreed Cromer."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It makes no difference to me, personally, of course. I'm merely designing the Niagara Float as an architect would. I think perhaps a brunette would be better adapted to the part of Maid of the Mist, as I have planned it, but it's as you choose."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then we choose this way,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Run along, Daisy, and Mr. Cromer will tell you just what to get for your misty robes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You let her off too easy, he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A girl who would do a thing like that ought to be punished."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Punished, how?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Her deceit ought to be exposed before the others. It oughtn't to be hushed up,--it makes it too easy for her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Her deceit, as you call it, affected no one but me. Therefore, there's no reason for any one else to know of it. And Daisy has been punished quite enough. I read in her eyes the sorrow and remorse she has suffered for what she did. And I know she did it on a sudden impulse,--an uncontrollable desire to have that particular part in the Pageant. Now, I have forgiven and forgotten it all, it's but a trifle. And I can see no reason why YOU should still hold it against her."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're bigger than I am, Little Girl,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, no, I'm not really bigger than you,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not physically, no, he returned, looking down at her."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you were, I couldn't toss you into a treetop!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You got out of that beautifully with Aunt Adelaide, and Patty laughed at the recollection."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But I'm going to scold you for picking me up in that unceremonious fashion."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know,--it WAS dreadful! But,--perhaps I did it on a sudden impulse,--you know,--you forgive THOSE!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, don't let it happen again,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When I get a real good chance, I'm going to pick you up and carry you a million miles away."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Catch me first!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Apple Blossom!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Red Chimneys,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Patty! he murmured, almost beneath his breath."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Apple Blossom! I want you so!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Catch me first!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You'll say that once too often yet, my lady!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come back here,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Father Neptune, god of the Sea!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Spirit of the Sea, he said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nymph of the silver-crested waves, kneel before me!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I crown thee, Neptune went on,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rise, Spirit of the Sea, crowned by Neptune, god of the Ocean!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hooray for you two! cried Roger."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You show true dramatic genius! Patty, you're a peach to-night! Bill, you're a hummer!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Patty, you're wonderful! Mona exclaimed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If I weren't so weighted down with this dragging train, I'd hug you!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, Mona, he declared,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ha! Minion! Methinks thou art presumptuous!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aren't you tired, Patty?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I am, she confessed;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Poor little girlie! I wish I could do something for you. But we have to go a couple of miles further yet. Can you stand it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; but I'd rather SIT it!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do! Come and sit on this throne beside me. There's plenty of room."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, nonsense, I couldn't. What would the people think?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you want to KNOW what they'd think? returned Farnsworth, promptly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They'd think that you were old Neptune's Queen, and that you meant to sit beside him all the rest of your life. Let them think that, Patty,--and, let it be true! Will you, my apple blossom girl?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Bill,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, nay, Neptune, she said, facing him again,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must play my own part. If a life on the ocean wave is not as easy as I had hoped, yet must I brave it out to the end."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right, Sea Sprite! I know your pluck and perseverance. You'll get there, with bells on! Take the easiest pose you can, and hang on to that foam-crested wave near you. It sways a bit, but it's firmly anchored. I looked out for that, before I trusted you to this ramshackle old hay wagon!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I HATE to be so,--so unable to stand things!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're no Sandow girl, he replied;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nor as strong as a great big Westerner,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look after this little girl, won't you, Mrs. Parsons? he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She'll be O. K. after a few moments' rest, but a seafaring life is a hard one, and this little craft is glad to get into port."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nonsense, Aunt Adelaide, I'm not really tired, but I just want to sit down a while. My feet have a headache!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't wonder! declared Mona."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was awful for you to perch on one toe for a hundred million mile ride! And I reclined at ease on a Roman trident, or whatever you call it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tripod, you mean, said Adele, laughing,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dunno, said Mona, who was arranging Patty in a soft easy-chair in the dressing-room of the club."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, you sit there, you Sea Witch, she commanded,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nothing can spoil that!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, what do we do?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now comes the supper, said Mona,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Had you asked her?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No! I was too stupid to think of it!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Patty is so very popular, you know, it's difficult to secure her favours. Have you engaged any dances?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No! What an idiot I am! You see, Mrs. Parsons, I'm not really a 'society man,' and in these formal affairs, I'm a bit out of my element. Will you do me the honour to go to supper with me?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I oughtn't to, she said, with a little laugh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Excepting Miss Fairfield, there's no one I'd rather have,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I well remember your beautiful dancing, said the captain."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you give me some waltzes?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't give them plurally, said Patty, smiling at him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll give you one, perhaps; a half one, anyway."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not enough! said Captain Sayre, decidedly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must have more than that, by fair means--or otherwise. Where is your card?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I haven't any yet; won't it be time enough to get one after supper?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, if you let me see it before any one else. I find it's a trick with the young men here to make dance engagements surreptitiously at the supper table."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Apple Blossom, it whispered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've brought you a dance card. Say 'Thank you, Bill.'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you, Father Neptune,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now I have a programme, Captain Sayre, Patty said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you really want a part of a dance--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't! declared the captain, positively."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are some ladies I'd dance half a dance with, but NOT with you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then I suppose I'll have to give you a whole one, Patty sighed,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And they're half gone!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bill Farnsworth! she exclaimed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, if he hasn't a nerve! He wants the earth!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the sea, and all that in them is! said Captain Sayre."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Look here, Miss Fairfield, I'll be satisfied with the other five. Thus, you're dividing your dances evenly, don't you see?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nonsense! I'll agree to no such highway robbery! You may have a dance, Captain Sayre,--take a waltz, if you like; and then give me my card again. Do you want one, Jack?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "DO I? Does a squirrel want nuts? Only one, Sea Spirit?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, only one. It's such a short programme to-night."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And is Big Bill to have five?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Indeed, no! I shall cross those all off but one."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm a little tired, she whispered to her partner,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll love to look at you,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Apple Blossom Dance, she said, and flung herself into a series of wonderful rhythmic motions that seemed to give hint of all the charms of spring. One could almost see flowers and hear birds as the light draperies swayed like veils in a soft breeze. And then, with a fleeting glance and smile at Farnsworth, Patty plucked apple blossoms from overhanging boughs, and tossed them to the audience. There were no trees, and there were no blossoms, but so exquisite was her portrayal of blossom time, and so lovely her swaying arms and tossing hair that many were ready to declare they could even detect the fragrance of the flowers. But when Patty essayed to stop, the riotous applause that followed and the cries of"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Encore! encore!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Apple Blossom Dance"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Little Billee, you're a dear! said Patty, as the next dance took the people away again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How did you know I was going to sink through the floor in just one more minute?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I saw how tired you were, and though I hated to 'butt in' on your performance, I just felt I had to, to save you from collapse."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You DIDN'T 'butt in'! You're a beautiful dancer, better than Captain Sayre, in some ways, though you don't know so many fancy steps. But you picked up my idea of the apple blossom steps at once!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because that's OUR dance. And you're my property to-night, anyway. Didn't Neptune crown the Spirit of the Sea?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, and I haven't yet thanked you for this lovely wreath! It's the most beautiful thing! Where DID you get it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I had it made, to replace the one I stole from you the night of the storm."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You didn't steal that,--I gave it to you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, and so I give you this one in return. Will you wear it sometimes?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll wear it often, it's so lovely. And SO becoming,--isn't it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Becoming? he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, it IS! What isn't becoming to you, you little beauty?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, there, don't flatter me! and Patty cast down her eyes demurely."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Jack, is this our dance?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're a regular out and out belle to-night, Patty, he said, frankly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All the men are crazy over you, and all the girls are envious."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "said Patty, meekly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's this ridiculous green rig and my unkempt hair."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shouldn't wonder, returned Jack, teasingly;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So do the boys, Patty retorted."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn't Bill Farnsworth stunning in that Neptune toga,--or whatever it's called?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pooh, you'd think he was stunning in anything, wouldn't you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh,--I don't know--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You're a rogue, Patty, he declared."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you don't look out you'll grow up a flirt."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Am I flirting with you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No,--not exactly. But you may, if you like."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I DON'T like! said Patty, decidedly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're good chums, Jack, and I want to stay so. No flirt nonsense about us, is there?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said Jack;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Red Chimneys"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But it was lovely! she said, with a sort of purr like a contented kitten."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'd like to have a Pageant every night!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, you would! exclaimed Roger, who sat in front of her in the big motor."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You'd be dancing in a sanitarium next thing you knew."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pooh! retorted Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm not a decrepit old invalid yet, am I, Aunt Adelaide?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, dearie; but you must take care of yourself. I think a cold compress on your forehead to-night would do you good."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And a hot compress on my chin, and two lukewarm ones on my ears, teased Patty, laughing at the solicitous tones of the older lady."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, sir-ee! I'll catch a nap or two, and tomorrow I'll be as right as a--as a--what's that thing that's so awfully right?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A trivet,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, a trivet. I've no idea what it is, but I'll be one!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Red Chimneys,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No kimono parties to-night, girls, said Patty, firmly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm going straight to bed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right, agreed Mona and Daisy,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, it's you!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, and Big Bill smiled at her over the armful of roses he still held."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've completely stripped the rose garden, but I had to bombard you with something!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you a bombardier?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I'm a beggar. I'm begging you to come out here for a few minutes and see the moonlight on the ocean."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, there isn't any moon!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's so! I mean the sun."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, the sun isn't QUITE up yet!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's so! Well, I mean the--the stars,--there, I knew SOMETHING was shining!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't, Little Billee. It's too late, and I'm too tired, and--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But I'm going away to-morrow."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are! I didn't know."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you CARE? Oh, Patty, come out for a minute, I want to tell you something."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just for a tiny minute, then."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You were fine as Neptune, said Patty, looking at him critically as he stood against a veranda pillar,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fishing! Well, I DIDN'T mean that you're plain, but,--I won't say what I did mean."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, dear! Another fond hope shattered! I WISH I knew what you DID mean!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't be silly, or I'll run back. If you'll promise not to be silly, I'll stay another minute."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, you see, I never know when I am silly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Almost always! Now let's talk about the Pageant. Didn't Daisy look pretty?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes. But I fancy blondes myself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now that's ambiguous. I don't know whether you mean because you're one or because I'm one."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why! So you ARE a blonde, aren't you? I never noticed it before!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Really? How nice! I've always wondered how I'd strike an entire stranger!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why strike him at all?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now you're silly again! But I mean, I'd like to know what an utter stranger would think of me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hate to be called an utter stranger, but I haven't the least objection to saying what I think of you. In fact, I'd like to! May I?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it nice?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Judge for yourself. I think you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen,--and the most fascinating. I think you have the sweetest nature and disposition imaginable. I think you have just enough perversity to give you the Zip you need."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is Zip?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never mind; don't interrupt. I think you are the most adorable fluff of femininity in the world,--and I KNOW I love you, and I want you for all my very own. Patty,--DARLING,--tell me now what you think of ME."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Bill, DON'T say such things to me,--PLEASE, don't!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I won't, dear,--I won't, if it bothers you,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't,--don't think me a silly, she said, smiling up at him through her tears,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well, dear, I'll wait."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, you needn't, I'll tell you now, and Patty suddenly drew away from Bill's arm and faced him bravely."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm a coward,--that's what I am! And I cried because,--because I can't say what you want me to, and--and I HATE to hurt your feelings,--because I LIKE you so much."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Patty! do you KNOW what you're talking about?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I do! But I can't seem to say it out plain, without hurting your nice, big, kind heart."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me say it for you, little girl. Is it this? Is it that you like me as a friend, and a comrade--chum, but you don't love me as I love you, and you're afraid it will hurt me to know it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, yes, that's it! How did you know?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You told me yourself, unconsciously. Now, listen, my girl. I only love you MORE for being brave and honest about it. And I love you more still for your dear, kind heart that can't bear to hurt anybody. And to prove that love, I'm not going to say any more to you on this subject,--at least, not now. Forget what I have said; let us go back to our good comradeship. I startled you; I spoke too soon, I know. So forget it, my apple blossom, and remember only that Little Billee is your friend, who would do anything in the world for you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You're an awfully nice man,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now you HAVE told me what you think of me! cried Farnsworth, gaily, and taking the little hand he held it lightly clasped in his own."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And I thank you, lady, for those kind words! Now, you can look at the moon just a minute longer, and then you must fly, little bird, to your nest in the tree."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I must go. Tell me, Little Billee, where did you learn to dance so well?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's mostly my natural grace! I took a few lessons of a wandering minstrel, out home, but I don't know the technique of it, as you and that ornamental captain do."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But you could learn easily. Shall I teach you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No,--Apple Blossom, I think not."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, there won't be time. You said you're leaving to-morrow! Must you go?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It doesn't matter whether I must or not. If you look at me like that, I WON'T! There, there, Sea Witch, run away, or--or I'll flirt with you!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, it's time I went, said Patty, demurely, gathering up her draperies."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, Billee, how can I thank you for the dear, sweet lovely wreath?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, there are several ways in which you COULD thank me,--though I'm not sure you WOULD. Suppose we just consider me thanked?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That doesn't seem much. Shall I write you a note?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That doesn't seem VERY much. Why don't you give me a gift in return?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will! What do you want? A penknife?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mercy, no! I'll have to think it over. Wait! I have it! Have your picture taken--with the wreath on, and give me that."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, I will. Or perhaps Mr. Cromer would sketch me in this whole rig."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "PERHAPS he WOULD! and Farnsworth caught his breath, as he looked at the vision of loveliness before him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But we'll see about that later. Skip to bed now, Apple Blossom, and don't appear below decks before noon to-morrow."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I won't. I'm awful tired. Good-night, Little Billee."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good-night, Apple Blossom Girl,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just like a theatrical lady, she said, smiling and bowing to an imaginary audience, for Patty loved to"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Little Billee is SUCH a nice boy,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hello, Pattypet, said Mona, appearing at Patty's bedside next morning."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How's your chocolate? Does it suit you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Delicious,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, make the most of it, for you'll never get anything more fit to eat or drink in this happy home."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What DO you mean?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Listen to my tale of woe. The chef and his wife have both left."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Francois? And Marie! Why, whatever for?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your English is a bit damaged, but I'll tell you. You see, Aunt Adelaide flew into one of her biggest tantrums, because her shirred egg was shirred too full, or her waffles didn't waff,--or something,--and she sent for Francois and gave him such a large piece of her mind that he picked up his Marie and walked off."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have they really GONE?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They really have. I've telephoned to the Intelligence Place, and I can't get a first-class cook down here at all. I shall have to send to the city for one, but, meantime--what to do! What to do!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "H'm,--and you've guests for luncheon!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, the whole Sayre tribe. The captain just CAN'T keep away from YOU! Patty, do you know you're a real belle? Everybody was crazy about you last night."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fiddlesticks! Just because I had on a green frock and let my hair hang down."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your hair is WONDERFUL. But I didn't come up here to tell you of your own attractions! I want your able advice on how to have a luncheon party without a cook."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, pooh! that's TOO easy! Give me a helper of some sort, and I'll cook your old luncheon. And I'll promise you it will be just grand!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Cook! You? I won't let you. What do you take me for? No, you come with me, and we'll go somewhere where cooks grow and BUY one."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There won't be time, Mona. What time is luncheon to be?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Half-past one; and it's about ten now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oceans of time, then; I tell you, I'll see to the kitchen for luncheon. But of course, you must have a cook, for permanent use."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, rather. But I'll get one from New York by to-morrow morning. And you know Adele Kenerley's friends are coming to dinner to-night. What about that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Leave all to me. I will arrange. But I want somebody to help me. How about Daisy?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Daisy's no good at that sort of thing. And I don't like to ask Adele. Say, Patty, let Bill help you; he's a fine cook, I've been on camp picnics with him, and I know. And maybe he wouldn't be GLAD to help you in anything! Ah, there, Patty, you're blushing! I feared as much! Oh, Patty, DO you like him?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But is that all? Patty, tell me; I won't tell."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's nothing to tell, Mona. I like Little Billee a whole lot, but I'm not in love with him, if that's what you mean."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, that's what I mean. I hoped you were."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, I'm not. And I'm not going to be in love with anybody for years and years. I'm fancy-free, and I mean to stay so. So don't try to tease me, for you won't get any fun out of it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's so; you're too straightforward to be teased successfully. Patty, you've been a real lesson to me this summer. I've learned a lot from you. I don't mean to gush, but I DO want to tell you how I appreciate and cherish all the kindness you've shown me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dear old Mona, I'm glad if I've said or done anything to make you feel like that! You're a trump, girl, and I'm glad to have you for a friend. Now, vanish, my lady, and as soon as I can scrabble into a costume, I'll meet you below stairs, and solve all your kitchen problems for you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, Patty, I CAN'T let you go into the kitchen!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can't keep me out, you mean! I'm delighted to have the chance. Aprons are terribly becoming to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you want one of the parlourmaid's aprons?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not! I want a big, all-enveloping cook's apron."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I suppose you don't want a man's. I'll find you one of Marie's."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't care whose it is, if it's big. Skip, now!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mercy! cried Mona,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nonsense, said Patty,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm versed in the ways of crabs. I'll attend to them. What else, Mona?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, here are some queer looking things from the butcher's. I don't know what they are. Can they be brains?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, they're sweetbreads, and fine ones, too. And here is the romaine for the salad, and lovely squabs to roast. Oh, Mona, I'm just in my element! I LOVE to do these things; you know I'm a born cook. But I must have a helper."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know; Marie always helped Francois. They were a splendid pair. It's a pity Aunt Adelaide had to stir them up so,--and all over nothing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, don't cry over spilt eggs. I'll do up this luncheon, and I'll fix it so I can slip up and dress, and appear at the table as if nothing had happened. The waitress and the butler can manage the serving process?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, yes. I HATE to have you do it, Patty, but I don't know what else to do. Here, I'll help you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right, Mona; catch that side of the basket, and slide them in, all together. It seems awful to scald them, but the sooner the quicker. Now,--in they go!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come! Come! she cried."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Patty and Mona are nearly killed! Oh, hurry! You'll be too late!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where, where?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This way! That way!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get down! Go 'way!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There, there, he said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get up here on my table, Little Billee, cried Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You'll be captured and swallowed alive by these monsters!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You make a charming little housewife,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Help me, won't you? Patty returned, blushing a little, but ignoring his words."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm going to cook the luncheon, and first of all we must boil these crabs. Can't you corral them and invite them into that kettle of water? We had them started in the right direction, but somehow they got away."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Right-o!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's just the right way! said Patty, nodding approval."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can pick them up that way, too, but there are so many sprinkled around this floor, I'm afraid they'll pick me up first."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, they might, Apple Blossom. You sit tight, till I round them all up. Lend a hand, Farrington."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good work! cried Patty as the last shelly specimen disappeared beneath the bubbles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, they must boil for twenty minutes. They don't mind it NOW."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't worry, Mona, said Farnsworth, in his kind way."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Patty and I will cook luncheon, and this afternoon I'll go out and get you a cook if I have to kidnap one."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, Bill, said Mona, laughing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come on, Roger, let's leave these two. You know too many cooks spoil the broth!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So they do! called Bill, gaily, as Mona, after this parting shaft, fled upstairs."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do I understand, little Apple Blossom, he observed, gently,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "CAN you do it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You little rascal! I believe you can! Well, then, you can be chef and I'll be assistant. I WAS going to arrange it the other way."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, no, sir! I'll give the orders."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You bet you will, my lady! Now, first and foremost, shall I pare the potatoes?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Billee, there must be a scullery maid or something for that!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't see any, and don't want any! I'm not afraid of staining my lily-white fingers. You'd better put those sweetbreads in cold water to blanch them, and cut up some bread to dry out a little for the squab stuffing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For goodness gracious sake! Do you know it all?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I know everything in all the world. I'm a terrible knower!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are so! How did you learn it all?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Born so. Are you going to have that sort of a grape fruit muddle in glasses?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; with candied cherries in it. Don't you love it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, if you do. What thou lovest, I will love, and thy discards shall be mine also."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Amiable boy! Now, don't talk to me, I have to measure these things very carefully."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I say! Let me make the salad dressing. I'm a hummer at it, and I don't measure a thing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you turn out to be a BETTER cook than I am, she said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll never speak to you again!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I'm not! I'm a FEARFUL cook! I spoil everything I touch! DON'T ask me to make that dressing! DON'T!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me do it, dear,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, thank you! she said, gratefully."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You ARE a help, Little Billee."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm always ready to help YOU, Patty girl; call on me any time, anywhere; if ever you want me,--I'm right there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think somebody else might have helped us with these crabs, anyway."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They would, if we asked them. I like it better this way. Alone with thee,--just you and me,--the crabs to free,--is bliss for we!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Speak for yourself, John! I don't see any bliss in picking out crabs. I've cut and scratched every single solitary finger I possess!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Poor little girl! But, you see, I offer you my hand,--both hands, in fact,--there's ten extra fingers at your disposal, if you want them. And all willing and eager to work for you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Farnsworth, how do you suppose I can make croquettes if you talk to me like that? One tablespoonful of flour,--two of butter, three eggs--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pooh, can't you read a recipe and be proposed to at the same time?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I CAN, Patty flashed back,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! EVERY time you've proposed?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, because I've never proposed before. Don't you think I do it well for a beginner?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not very."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not very! You little scamp, what do you know about it? Have you had a wide experience in proposals?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shouldn't tell you if I had. One of flour, two of butter, three--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Three blithering wheelbarrows! Apple Blossom, have you any idea how I love you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't put me out, Bill. One of flour, two of butter, three eggs--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, isn't she the limit? mused Bill, apparently addressing the crabs."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I express my devotion in terms of endearment, and she babbles like a parrot of flour and butter!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If I don't, you'll have no croquettes,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now go and tidy yourself up, Patty said to Bill,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Huh, I haven't to arrange a lot of furbelows. I'll beat you all to pieces."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I surrender, whispered Bill;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Please address me in less undignified language,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mademoiselle Apple Blossom, you are the sweetest thing in the world."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're a darling, Patty, Mona said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't approve of the term you apply to my confections!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, you know what I mean. They were all PERFECT, you fairly outdid Francois."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's better. Now, Mona mine, we must acquire some servants, and that right speedily."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, but how? I think I'd better telephone the dinner guests not to come."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'd hate to do that. They're Adele's friends, and she's so anxious to have them come here."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know it, but what can we do? I won't let you cook again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, I don't want to cook dinner. Luncheon seems different, somehow. But I do believe if I take Camilla, and scour all the plains around Spring Beach, I can catch something that can cook."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'd hate to have a poor cook."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I know; I mean a first-class cook, though, perhaps not a chef."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, go ahead, Patty, but you'll have to start at once. Your cook ought to be here by four, and it's almost three now."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want you,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am yours,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't you want me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And me?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know you want me, put in Roger,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I want you all, said Patty, beaming on the group,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's up, my lady?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, just this. Turn toward the main road, please. We've simply got to find a cook for Mona within an hour. I KNOW we can do it,--but, YOU tell ME how."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dead easy, child. We'll just go out and kidnap one."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But cooks aren't found sitting in deserted baby carriages, to be tempted with candy. Now be sensible. Can't you think of any plan?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a plan! Can you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, all I can think of is to go to see Susan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Susan it is! Where does the lady reside?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Down this way two blocks, then turn to the right."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know Susan wouldn't come, but she may know of some one else, went on Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here we are; stop at this house."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Miss Patty, said Susan, when the case was laid before her,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't rightly know of anny wan for the place. I'd go mesilf,--for I'm a good, fair cook,--but I can't be afther makin' them fiddly-faddly contraptions Miss Galbraith has."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Susan, if we can find a cook, will you come as helper? Just for a few days, till Miss Galbraith can get some people down from New York."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Miss Patty; I'll do that. Now, I'm bethinkin' me, there's the Cartwrights' cook. She's a perfessional, and the family has gone away for three days, sure. Cuddent she do ye?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fine! cried Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where do the Cartwrights live?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Up the road a piece, an' thin down beyant a couple o' miles. Don't ye know the big grey stone house, wid towers?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, yes; I know where you mean. And is the cook there? What's her name?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, she's there. An' her name is O'Brien. It's Irish she is, but she knows more cookin' than manny Frinch jumpin'-jacks! If she'll go wid yez, I'll go."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, I'll tell you, Susan. You go on over to Miss Galbraith's now. Tell her I sent you, and that I'll bring Mrs. O'Brien in about half an hour. Then you go to the kitchen and get things started."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My, it's the foine head ye have on ye, Miss Patty! That's a grand plan!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So far, so good, said Patty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But now to get the O'Brien. Suppose she won't come?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't borrow trouble, Apple Blossom. Let's suppose she WILL come, and meanwhile let's enjoy our ride. It was dear of you to ask me to come with you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, you see, I didn't know but it might require force to persuade a cook to go back with us, and,--and you're so big, you know."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then I'm glad I'm so big, since brawn and strength win favour in my lady's sight."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You ARE strong, aren't you? and Patty looked at the giant beside her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think, she went on slowly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope so, and Farnsworth's voice took or a graver note,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good gracious! cried Patty, as they drove in."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here are four thousand dogs coming to meet us!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm frightened, said Patty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're watchdogs, you know, turned loose because the people are away. Don't get out, Billee, they'll bit you! They're bloodhounds, I'm sure!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then I'll play I'm Eliza crossing the ice, and you can sit here and be Little Eva."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nobody at home,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is that so? said Bill, pleasantly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But you're at home, aren't you? And perhaps you're the very one I want to see. Are you Mrs. O'Brien?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I am, and the door opened just a trifle wider;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, we don't want to be admitted, but won't you step outside a moment?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't be afraid, Miss, she said;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said Patty,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know Mrs. Cartwright. I want to see you. Susan Hastings, my own cook, said your people were away, and so perhaps you would go out to cook for a couple of days to oblige a neighbour."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oblige a neighbour, is it? Sure no lady would come afther another lady's cook, underhanded like, when the lady's away!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It ISN'T underhanded! she exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You don't understand! I don't want you PERMANENTLY, but only for a day, or two days at most,--because our cook has left."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Arrah, ma'am, you said your cook was Susan Hastings! Yer a quare leddy, I'm thinkin', an' yer husband here, is another! Sthrivin' to entice away a cook as is satisfied wid her place, and who manes honest by her employers!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He ISN'T my husband! she cried,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are ye runnin' an intilligence office, belike?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here! cried Bill, sharply."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't you speak like that to that lady! Now, you listen to me. We are both visitors at Miss Galbraith's. Her cook left suddenly, and we want you to come and cook for us, two days if you will,--but one day ANYWAY! See? Do you understand that? You're to go over to Miss Galbraith's now, with us, and cook dinner tonight. After dinner, you may do as you like about staying longer. We'll pay you well, and there's no reason whatever why you shouldn't oblige us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll do nothin' of the sort! I'm left here in charge of this place, an' here I'll shtay!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is there no one else to guard the place?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yis, there's the second gardener, an' the coachman. I cooks their meals for them. The other servants is away for two days."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, the second coachman and third gardener, or whatever their numbers are, can cook for themselves to-night. You're going with us,--see? With US,--NOW!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll not go, sor--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is a case of kidnapping a cook, Patty, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I told you I'd do it!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take the driving seat, Patty,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let her go, Patty; and unless you sit still and behave yourself, Mrs. O'Brien, you'll fall out and get damaged. Now be a nice cook, and make the best of this. You're kidnapped, you see,--you can't help yourself,--and so, what are you going to do about it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wanst I get out, I'll go straight back home, if it's a hundherd miles yez do be takin' me!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, don't do that, and Patty's voice was sweet and coaxing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me tell you something, Mrs. O'Brien. You know Susan Hastings,--what a nice woman she is. Well, once I was in a great emergency, worse even than to-day, and knowing the warm, kind hearts of the Irish, I went to Susan and asked her to help me out. And she did,--splendidly! Now, I know you've got that same warm Irish heart, but for some reason you don't WANT to help me out of my trouble. Won't you tell me WHAT that reason is?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Me heart's warrum enough, she said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But listen, said Patty, who was beginning to hope she could cajole the woman into a good humour;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "H'm, h'm,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So, you see, Mrs. O'Brien, you mustn't mind the rude and untutored manners of the savage tribes. This gentleman is a--is an INDIAN!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You don't tell me, Miss!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, he is. And though you're perfectly safe if you do just as he tells you, if you rebel, he might--he might TOMAHAWK you!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lor', Miss, is he as bad as that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, he's AWFUL bad! He's terrible! He's--why, he's IRRESISTIBLE!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, I'll tell you what, Mrs. O'Brien, she went on,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Red Chimneys,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Susan, she cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is it yersilf, Ann O'Brien? she cried, joyfully."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come on in, now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll not come! These vilyans kidnapped me, and I'll cook no dinner fer the likes o' thim!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Arrah now, it's yersilf is the vilyan! Ye ought to be proud to be kidnapped by Miss Patty, and Misther Bill! Get down here, ye gossoon, an' behave like a dacint woman!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's all right now, she said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Susan will bring her around. But, oh, Billee, how DID you DARE to do such a thing?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'd dare anything to get you what you want. And you said you wanted that particular cook. So I got her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But you'll be arrested for kidnapping!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I think not. I'll telephone over to that second-rate gardener, and I fancy I can make it all right."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where's your cook?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In the kitchen, where she belongs, replied Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you want her here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, but how did you get one?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Kidnapped her!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I never heard of such a thing!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But it was that, or no dinner,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think it's great! said Roger."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And the end is not yet! In an hour, all sorts of police and detectives and weird things like that will come up here and arrest us."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They'll only take Patty and me, said Farnsworth,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hate to have you all go, said Mona, dolefully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now that I've new servants, and such good ones, I'd like to have you all stay on indefinitely."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are others,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know, but I don't want others. This crowd has become so chummy and nice it's a pity to break it up. Aren't you sorry to go, Bill?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Haven't gone yet!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But your things are all packed, and you're to go this afternoon,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, it's morning now; why borrow trouble? Let's have some fun instead."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, let's! and Mona brightened up."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let's go on a picnic!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hate picnics, said Daisy;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hate Lakeville, said Patty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's have a dress-up party of some kind."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We can't get up a fancy dress party in a few hours, objected Adele Kenerley."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's have a contest of some sort,--with prizes. Tennis,--or basket ball."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, it's too warm for those things, said Laurence Cromer."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's do something quieter. I'll tell you what,--let's play Human Parcheesi! Just the thing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What IS Human Parcheesi?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, it's a new game, explained Cromer;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do you play it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't quite know myself yet. I haven't finished making it up. Anyway, you have to have more people. Let me see, we have seven here. Can you get some more, Mona? We won't play till after luncheon. It will take the rest of the morning for me to finish making up the game. We'll play on the west lawn. Oh, it's going to be lovely! I want four billion yards of red ribbon and cosy decorations and a lot of things! Skip to the telephone, Mona, and invite enough people to make twenty of us all together. Tell 'em to come at three o'clock, I'll be ready then."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bill has to go away about six,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, make 'em come at two, then. The game won't take long, once we get started. Now, I'll select four players. Mona will be one, and Daisy Dow, Jim Kenerley and I will be the others."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's going to be the greatest fun ever, he declared."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If we can't get red ribbon, we'll take twine. Guess it'll be better, anyhow. Mona, will you send a slave to the general store to buy a lot of balls of twine?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll attend to it, said Patty,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mona's telephoning."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Homes, there was a large square in the centre, and the paths were marked into regular rectangles with a"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Safety Spot"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, said Cromer, when the ground was ready,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Homes, and a few wicker chairs or campstools were placed in them. Then the spirit of emulation was roused, and the"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Players sought for little tables, vases of flowers, or potted palms to decorate their"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Homes."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You see, Laurence said,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Players, each decorated with his or her own colour, went to their respective homes, and from there called out the names of those whom they wished for"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Counters."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Home"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Player"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now we 'Players,' Cromer directed,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Put a counter out with the five, said Cromer,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Safety Spot was secure against invaders, but on an unprotected square one might be sent back"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Home"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Counters. Many were the amusing exigencies. Daisy had just triumphantly put out her last counter when two others were returned ignominiously"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Home."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Safety Spot,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is a great game, said she."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn't Mr. Cromer clever to invent it? Do you know I already see great possibilities in it. I'm going to get up a fine one for a charity or something."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, do; I'll help you. Make people pay to be 'Counters,' and then have prizes for those who get all the way around."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, and then have--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Safety Spot."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Counters"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Parcheesi"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Red Chimneys"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's all go over to the Country Club for a farewell dinner and dance,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't go, said Farnsworth."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have to take the six-thirty train,--but you others go on."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Too bad, old fellow, said Kenerley;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Bill, she said,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You ought to be dressing, Daisy. You'll be late for the club dinner party."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No hurry, she said, shrugging her shoulders,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can go over later."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Barker will take me over in a runabout."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But Barker's to take me to the station. You'd better go with the rest, Daisy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, very well,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Please go to Miss Fairfield and ask her if she will come down and see Mr. Farnsworth just a minute."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Apple Blossom,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've been trying to get you a moment alone all day, he said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why should I?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll tell you why! Because you knew what I wanted to say to you! Because you KNOW--confound that butler! He's everywhere at once! Patty, come in the drawing-room."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jane's in there,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, come,--oh, come anywhere, where I can speak to you alone a minute!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just one minute, said Patty,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, but where can we go?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "James won't be in here to-night, she said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, Patty, DARLING, I want to tell you,--you know I'm going away, and I won't see you again,--and I MUST tell you,--I must ASK you--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Patty--Pat-ty! Bill! Where ARE you both?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're calling, we must go!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Go! Nothing! cried Big Bill, savagely. He glanced round,--he saw the dumb-waiter, built large and roomy in accordance with all the plans of"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Red Chimneys."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a word! Not a sound! I'll pull you up in a few minutes."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Calling me? he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was just coming to say good-bye to you all. Where's Patty?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's what we want to know, said Mona."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We thought she was with you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She isn't,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, where CAN she be? I've looked everywhere! Even in the pantries."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hasn't one load already started?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Aunt Adelaide and the Kenerleys have gone."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Didn't she go with them?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, she MUST have done so. Well, good-bye, dear old Bill, come and see us again next summer, won't you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will so!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And I'm sorry to go off and leave you, but you go to the station in a few minutes, don't you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, and Barker will look after me. Run along, Mona, I'll write you in a day or two, and tell you how much I've enjoyed my visit here."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hello, he said, as he drew up the dumb-waiter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have they all gone?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They sure have! You and I are here all alone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Bill! and Patty's lip quivered a little."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How COULD you do that? What SHALL I do?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now don't get ruffled, little one; my train goes in twenty minutes. You're going to the station to see me off, and then Barker will take you on to the Country Club to join the rest of them. You won't be half an hour late!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why stay in this queer place? she said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why not go out on the veranda?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; there are eleven hundred servants bobbing up everywhere! Here I can have you all to myself long enough to make you answer one question. Apple Blossom, will you marry me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, sir; thank you,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You mean it, don't you? he said, returning her gaze."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And why not, little girl?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because, Billee, I don't want to marry anybody,--at least, not for years and years. I like you AWFULLY,--and I appreciate all your kindness, and your,--your liking for me----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't say liking, sweetheart; it's love,--deep, true, BIG love for you,--you little sunbeam. Oh, Patty, CAN'T you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Little Billee, I can't,--but,--but I DO like to have you love me like that!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then I shall WAIT, dear! and Bill's voice was full of triumphant gladness."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you like to have me love you, I can hope and believe that some day you'll love me. You ARE too young, dear, you're just a little girl, I know."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, I'm not even 'out,' said Patty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm to come out next winter, you know."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, and then you'll have lots of admirers, and they'll flatter you, but they won't spoil you. I know your sweet, simple, generous nature; it can't be spoiled, even by the foolishnesses of society."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will YOU come to my coming-out party, Bill?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know, perhaps so. I may see you before then. And I'll write to you, mayn't I, Apple Blossom?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, yes, do! I love to get letters, and I know I'll love yours."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "DO love them, dear, and perhaps, through them, learn to love,--Jiminetty Christmas, Apple Blossom, I've just ten minutes to catch that train! Come on, dear, fly with me, at least to the railroad station!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good-bye, sweetheart, DEAR little Apple Blossom. Some day I shall come back and win you for my own. Until then, I shall just wait,--and love you."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To the Country Club, Barker,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "BERT WILSON AT THE WHEEL,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "BERT WILSON, MARATHON WINNER,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "BERT WILSON, WIRELESS OPERATOR."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Play ball! The head of the Cubs' batting order came to the plate and the game was on. From the start it was a battle"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Both teams were"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Peerless Leader came in from first, ostensibly to advise the pitcher, but really to give him a moment's rest before the final test. Hoots of derision showed the spectators' appreciation of the trick. The pitcher glanced at the man dancing about third, wound up deliberately and let the ball go with all the force of his brawny arm. The batter caught it squarely"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's no use talking, broke out Tom hotly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know, said Dick,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And after all, chimed in Bert,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All the same, maintained Tom,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes it has, said Mr. Hollis."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That same quick thinker made a point of it the other day in Pittsburgh, and that is all the more reason why the home team ought to have been wide awake. But there is nothing to be gained by post mortems, and anyway the thing isn't settled yet. It looks rather bad for us now, but there will be a full discussion of the matter and the umpires may find something in the rules that will cover the case and give us the run. Even if they don't, it leaves it a tie, and the game will have to be played over. We may win then and get the pennant after all."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said Dick,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I see that they put it over, all right. They've copped the pennant and we are only an 'also ran.'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, replied Tom,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By the way, Bert, asked Dick, changing the subject,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fine, answered Bert."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I heard from the Dean this morning and he says that I passed with something to spare. The chemical and electrical marks were especially good. He says that the questions along those lines were unusually severe, but they didn't strike me that way. I suppose it's because I'm so interested in them that they come easy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good for you, old scout, cried Dick, delightedly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm tickled to death that the thing is settled. You'll find that we have one of the finest scientific schools in the country. I've been there a year now, and it's come to seem like home. I'll show you the ropes and we'll room together. I only wish Tom here were coming along with us next week."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So do I, said Tom ruefully,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Three Guardsmen. They were rarely apart, and now their plans for the coming school year were destined to cement their friendship still more firmly. In reality with them it was"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "His favorite sport was baseball, and, like most healthy young Americans, he was intensely fond of the great game. In public school and high school he had always"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Although at times he had played every position in the infield and outfield and behind the bat, he soon gravitated towards the pitcher's box, and for the last three years had played that position steadily. He was easily the best"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "in the Inter-Scholastic League, and had received more than one invitation to join some of the semi-professional teams that abound in the great city. He elected, however, to remain purely and simply an amateur. Even when a"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "scout, who had watched him play, gave him a quiet tip that his club would take him on the Spring training trip to Texas and pay all his expenses, with a view to finding out whether he was really"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "the offer did not tempt him. He had no idea of making a business of his chosen sport, but simply a pleasant though strenuous recreation. With him, it was"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder if I'll have the slightest show to make the baseball team, said Bert."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I suppose, as a newcomer I'll be a rank outsider."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't you believe that for a minute, replied Dick warmly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course there'll be lots of competition and a raft of material to pick from. I suppose when the coach sends out the call for candidates in the Spring, there'll be dozens of would-be players and a bunch too of have-beens that will trot out on the diamond to be put through their paces. One thing is certain, though, and that is that you'll get your chance. There may be a whole lot of snobbery in college life--though there isn't half as much as people think--but, out on the ball field, it's a pure democracy. The only question there is whether you can deliver the goods. If you can, they don't care whether you're a new man or an old-timer. All they want is a winner."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, chimed in Tom,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's all right, said Bert,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Some of them certainly can slaughter a pitcher's curves, laughed Dick."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Old Pendleton, for instance, would have the nerve to start a batting rally against three-fingered Brown, and Harry Lord wouldn't be hypnotized even if Matty glared at him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I understand you did some fence breaking yourself last Spring on the scrubs, said Tom."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Steve Thomas told me you were the heaviest batter in college."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O, I don't know, returned Dick modestly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I led them in three-base hits and my batting average was .319, but Pendleton was ahead of me in the matter of home runs. I hope to do better next Spring, though, as Ainslee, the coach, gave me some valuable tips on hitting them out. At first I swung too much and tried to knock the cover off the ball. The result was that when I did hit the ball it certainly traveled some. But many a time I missed them because I took too long a swing. Ainslee showed me how to chop at the ball with a sharp, quick stroke that caught it just before the curve began to break. Then all the power of my arms and shoulders leaned up against the ball at just the right second. Ainslee says that Home-Run Baker uses that method altogether, and you know what kind of a hitter he is. I got it down pretty fine before the season ended, and if I make the team next Spring----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you make it, said Bert incredulously."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As though it wasn't a dead certainty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a bit of it, protested Dick, seriously."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You never can tell from year to year. You can't live on your reputation at college. There may be a regular Hal Chase among the new recruits, and he may win the first base position over me without half trying. It's a good thing it is so, too, because we have to keep hustling all the time or see somebody else step into our shoes. The result is that when the team is finally licked into shape by the coaches, it represents the very best the college can turn out. It's a fighting machine that never knows when it is whipped and never quits trying until the last man is out in the ninth inning."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, broke in Tom,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, said Bert, as the fellows rose to go,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good luck, Bert, and whatever else you do, don't forget to touch second."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I mean, my boy, be thorough in all you do. End what you begin. Don't be satisfied with any half-way work. Many a man has made a brilliant start, but a most dismal finish. In work, in play, in the whole great game of life--touch second."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "MAKING THE TEAM"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Three had graduated, and they were among his heaviest hitters. Good old Pendleton, who had been a tower of strength at first base, who could take them with equal ease to right or left and"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "and whose hard slugging had many a time turned defeat into victory, would be hard to replace. His pitching staff was none too good. Winters lacked control, and Benson's arm was apt to give out about the seventh inning. Hinsdale was a good backstop, but his throwing to second was erratic. They had done too much stealing on him last year. Barry would be sadly missed at third, and it would be mighty hard to find a capable guardian for the"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Done much in the pitching line?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A little, answered Bert modestly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What have you got in stock?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not much besides the old 'roundhouse' curve, replied Bert."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't think so much of my incurve, though I'm trying to make it break a little more sharply. I can do a little 'moist' flinging, too, though I haven't practised that much."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't, said the coach."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cut out the spitball. It's bound to hurt your arm in the long run. Trot out your curve and let's have a look at it. Easy now, he said as Bert wound up,"
}
] |
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not so bad, commented the coach carelessly, though his eyes lighted up."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here, Drake, he called to a burly veteran who was looking on with interest,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get it over the plate now, kid, and I'll kill it,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One strike,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Give him a fast one now, shoulder high,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Gee, I can't hit them if I can't see them,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, he said, as Bert poised himself for a third pitch,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Say, Freshie, he broke out,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, you'd have got me all right, if I'd kept on, answered Bert."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That was probably just a fluke, and I was lucky enough to get away with it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, you can call it a fluke if you like, rejoined Drake,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's this I hear about you, Bert? asked Dick;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One swallow doesn't make a summer, answered Bert."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I had Drake buffaloed all right, but I only pitched two balls. He might knock me all over the lot to-morrow."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sufficient unto the day are the hits thereof, rejoined Dick;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said Bert,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the coach had other views and was in no mood to satisfy their curiosity. He had turned the matter over in his mind the night before and resolved to bring Bert along slowly. To begin with, while delighted at the boy's showing on the first time out, he realized that this one test was by no means conclusive. He was naturally cautious. He was"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "and had to be"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A dozen questions had to be answered, and, until they were, he couldn't reach any definite decision. Did the boy have stamina enough to last a full game? Was that wonderful curve of his under full control? Was his heart in the right place, or, under the tremendous strain of a critical game, would he go to pieces? Above all, was he teachable, willing to acknowledge that he did not"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "he cut out all"
}
] |
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