human
Let that teach you to pinch me! I'm going to bed--I won't come into your studio again, monsieur; your friends are too enterprising.
gpt
I won't fool with her any more; there's no feeling in my nose.
human
Poor Tobie! but he can't seem to get enough. He comes here fresh from a delicious tête-à-tête with a charming woman, and he must needs begin at once on a servant! What an omnibus seducer!
gpt
What would he do, I wonder, said Balivan,
human
You have a pretty neighbor, have you?
gpt
Charming! Seventeen years old at most, I judge; a fascinating figure! and a saucy, mischievous face--with innocence, grace, and modesty in her glance. Seriously, she's one of the prettiest grisettes I ever saw.
human
Send for her!
gpt
Make her come down, Balivan.
human
Shall I go up and fetch her?
gpt
I will magnetize her; she will enjoy that,
human
No, messieurs, said Balivan,
gpt
Even as Eve, if she wanted you to, eh?
human
All my offers have been declined. She's a virtuous young woman, it would seem. She lives with her aunt, and never goes out except to her work; she's a dressmaker.
gpt
Ha! ha! laughed Célestin;
human
Oh! you are such a superb creature, it's quite possible. Still, I doubt it.
gpt
What do you want to bet?
human
Come, attend to your game, messieurs, for God's sake! said Mouillot.
gpt
Sapristi! I have _misty_, and not one of you stands!
human
Monsieur had _brelan_, and he passed! cried Tobie.
gpt
What a blunder!
human
Not at all. Do you think we're playing _brelan_?
gpt
You're not playing _brelan?_ Why, aren't you playing bouillotte?
human
Yes, but the _brelan_[E] is never played in bouillotte, nowadays. Where have you been, young Pigeonnier?
gpt
What do you play, then?
human
What's _misty_?
gpt
The knave of clubs with two cards of the same color and same size; for instance, two red nines, or two black aces.
human
Very well. And the _brelan_ doesn't count, you say?
gpt
Not unless _misty_ isn't out; in that case, it's good.
human
And the _brelan carré_?
gpt
Oh! that's always good, and it beats _misty_.
human
The devil! I'm rather mixed up with all this; I'm afraid I shall make mistakes.
gpt
Oh, no! you'll get hold of it in a minute.
human
While you're not playing, I can tell you the anecdote about magnetism that you were so curious to hear. After you left the dinner table, I didn't choose to tell it; I preferred to wait for you.--A young married woman, whose husband had just started on a journey----
gpt
Excuse me, said Tobie,
human
Mouillot and Célestin.--Come, messieurs, give up your seats.
gpt
We'll just finish the _volante_, then we'll go.
human
The _volante_? exclaimed Tobie;
gpt
Each person puts in a chip when everyone passes, and you keep putting in one as long as they pass.
human
The devil! that may mount up pretty high, messieurs! why, you are playing an infernal game!
gpt
Does it frighten you, Monsieur Tobie?
human
I don't say that. What's the stake?
gpt
Five francs.