human
But it would have been much more convenient for eating, if they'd had a box with a salon. There must be plates and glasses in those boxes.
gpt
They even have a kitchen at one side, said tall Laura,
human
Oh! what fun it must be to see a play and turn the spit at the same time!
gpt
Mon Dieu! how you do chatter to-day, mesdemoiselles! If this nonsense goes on, we shan't be able to deliver our orders.
human
Talking don't prevent sewing, mademoiselle.
gpt
We haven't any reason to be dismal, said the girl with the affected manners.--
human
By the way, mesdemoiselles, I saw our old comrade Léonie yesterday. She had the arm of a man who didn't have any style at all--and who was dressed like a messenger!
gpt
Ah! some women have such vile taste!
human
They stoop so low!
gpt
There are some who wouldn't blush to love a bootblack.
human
A messenger and a bootblack are the same thing.
gpt
Do you think so, Euphémie?
human
To be sure; when you want to have your shoes polished, you go up to a messenger and put your foot on his _crochets_, and he's obliged to polish 'em right away.
gpt
Indeed! but what if he don't have any polish?
human
That don't make any difference. Besides, those fellows always do have; they lend their things to each other.
gpt
I must treat myself to a shine, then. Two sous is enough to pay, and I'll have my shoes shined by young Paul, the messenger who plays the swell.