human
I say, Zouzou's mother's a duchess!
gpt
Yes--the Duchesse de la Rochemartel-Boisségur.
human
You never told me!
gpt
You never asked me. It's one of the greatest names in France. They're very poor, I believe.
human
Poor! You should see the house they live in!
gpt
I've been there, to dinner; and the dinner wasn't very good. They let a great part of it, and live mostly in the country. The Duke is Zouzou's brother; very unlike Zouzou; he's consumptive and unmarried, and the most respectable man in Paris. Zouzou will be the Duke some day.
human
And Dodor--he's a swell, too, I suppose--he says he's _de_ something or other!
gpt
Yes--Rigolot de Lafarce. I've no doubt he descends from the Crusaders, too; the name seems to favor it, anyhow; and such lots of them do in this country. His mother was English, and bore the worthy name of Brown. He was at school in England; that's why he speaks English so well--and behaves so badly, perhaps! He's got a very beautiful sister, married to a man in the 60th Rifles--Jack Reeve, a son of Lord Reevely's; a selfish sort of chap. I don't suppose he gets on very well with his brother-in-law. Poor Dodor! His sister's about the only living thing he cares for--except Zouzou.
human
--now junior partner in the great haberdashery firm of
gpt
Passefil et Rigolot,