human
How are you, Lucien, dear old Lucien! how glad I am to see you! for it's a long while--nearly two years--since I laid eyes on you.
gpt
That is true, Monsieur Adhémar, and I am very glad to see you, too. I have been waiting impatiently for this day, which was to bring us together.
human
Why on earth do you call me _monsieur_, and not Adhémar, as you used to? Am I not still your old boarding-school comrade?
gpt
Forgive me! but that was so long ago, and for the last five years you have had nothing but success in literary and dramatic work; you have become a celebrity! while I have remained in obscurity.
human
My dear Lucien, if celebrity is to result in separating us from our friends, we ought to shrink from it instead of longing for it. I fancy that mine hasn't yet acquired such dimensions as to make me a subject of envy.
gpt
Oh! pray don't think that I ever had a suspicion of that sentiment when I heard of your triumphs. On the contrary, I was always overjoyed, and said to myself: 'He, at least, is making his way!'