human
You must come with me.
gpt
Where to, bourgeois?
human
Into the Jardin des Plantes.
gpt
Carriages ain't admitted; it's against the rules.
human
I didn't say anything about your cab; I want only you. We will walk through the garden, and I want you to look closely at every man you see; and if you recognize the young man who escorted that lady back to your cab, you must point him out to me instantly.
gpt
My word! that's a good one, that is! You want me to go with you afoot, eh? And what will become of my cab and my horses in the meantime?
human
Mon Dieu! they won't fly away. Go and stand your cab over yonder where those others are.
gpt
I can't do that, bourgeois; our orders is not to lose sight of our horses; I should be punished--discharged, perhaps.
human
Just a few times round the garden; while you're away, one of your comrades will look after your horses.
gpt
I'll go and ask Jérôme, who's over there, I believe, if he'll have an eye on my horses, and I'll share the ten francs with him--eh, bourgeois?
human
Yes, yes,--here, give him this five-franc piece; off with you!
gpt
Oh! Jérôme's a good fellow! he'll do it for me.
human
We two will drink it up directly,
gpt
It's all fixed, he said;
human
Jérôme will have an eye on my beasts.
gpt
Come with me, then.
human
Look carefully at all the men--the young men, I mean--and as soon as you see the one who was with that lady, say: 'There he is!'
gpt
All right, bourgeois; or, say I cough to warn you?
human
Very well.
gpt
Sapristi! he cried;
human
Well!
gpt
That's not the man, bourgeois.
human
What in the devil did you cough for, then?
gpt
To let you know that he wasn't the one.
human
You are not to cough unless you recognize him.
gpt
Oh! all right! I understand!
human
If Jérôme should get a fare, who'd look after my cab?--By the way, monsieur, he said at last;
gpt
What's that?
human
If the man you're looking for should pass us, I wouldn't know him. You see, I hardly looked at him, only just caught a glimpse of him, and I don't even know whether he was dark or light!