human
Can I help you, sir?
gpt
Why, if it isn't old Lacroix from Carencro! And look at the brass buttons--_diable_! You must own this place, hein? _la tchè chatte poussé avec temps_--the cat's tail grows in time, I see! You remember me?
human
Ben Chacherre! exclaimed the guard, losing his dignity for an instant.
gpt
Why--you _vaurien_, you! You who disappeared from the parish and became a vagrant----
human
So you turn up your sanctified nose at Ben Chacherre, do you?
gpt
A _vaurien_, am I? Old peacock! Lead me to the man who cashes checks, lackey, brass buttons that you are! Come, obey me, or I'll have you thrown into the street!
human
You--you wish to cash a check? The guard was overcome by confusion, for the loud tones of Chacherre penetrated the entire institution.
gpt
But you are not known here----
human
Bah, insolent one! _Macaque dan calebasse_--monkey in the calabash that you are! Do you not know me?
gpt
Heaven preserve me! I will not answer for your accursed checks.
human
Go to the devil, then,