human
Hey, François! He shook a sleeping figure on a cot bed, and the latter roused himself and sat up.
gpt
It's time to make the round.
human
It's all right, old fellow, encouraged Coquenil,
gpt
I'll see you again,
human
Take this chair, said the sacristan.
gpt
I'll sit on the bed. We don't have many visitors.
human
Now, then, began M. Paul.
gpt
I'll come to the dog in a minute--don't worry. I'm not going to take him away. But first I want to ask about that girl who sells candles. She boards with you, doesn't she?
human
Yes.
gpt
You know she's in love with this American who's in prison?
human
I know.
gpt
She came to see me the other day.
human
She did?
gpt
Yes, and the result of her visit was--well, it has made a lot of trouble. What I'm going to say is absolutely between ourselves--you mustn't tell a soul, least of all your wife.
human
You can trust me, M. Paul,
gpt
To begin with, who is the man with the long little finger that she told me about?
human
Why, that's Groener,
gpt
Groener? Oh, her cousin?
human
Yes.
gpt
I'm interested, went on the detective with the same indifferent air,
human
It's pretty long, said Bonneton.
gpt
I used to think it had been stretched in some machine. You know he's a wood carver.
human
I know. Well, that's neither here nor there. The point is, this girl had a dream that--why, what's the matter?
gpt
Don't talk to me about her dreams! exclaimed the sacristan.
human
She used to have us scared to death with 'em. My wife won't let her tell 'em any more, and it's a good thing she won't.
gpt
Bonneton, continued the detective mysteriously,
human
I don't know whether it's from her dreams or in some other way, but that girl knows things that--that she has no business to know.