Hesba Stretton (pseudonym of Sarah Smith, 1832-1911) is still a fairly well-known author in the English-speaking world of so called “Street Arab”-books. Elsewhere she is quite unknown today, although her books were translated quickly in sizeable and cheap editions into many languages. In brief, one can say that Stretton combines an evangelical outlook with a strong belief in social reform. In this article I am going to examine the translation of two simultaneous translations into Swedish of Stretton’s Lost Gip (both from 1874), paying special attention to the translation of fictional dialogue. I will ask to which extent these two “Lost Gips” have been “Sweded” linguistically and culturally. One reason why I focus on historical fiction is that time has a way of casting linguistic and cultural features into sharp relief, not least those aspects which have to do with direct discourse. My interest is also prompted by my larger interest in the rising importance of English children’s literature in Sweden from the mid nineteenth century.