human
But all the same it breaks the back, this suspense, declared La Marmite.
gpt
I never could work with more than one thing in my mind. Tell us, Dominique Guyon: the good Father will be coming out soon, will he not?--that is, if he means to shoot the falls before sunset.
human
What can it matter to you, mother?
gpt
Matter? Why if he doesn't come soon, I shall burst myself with curiosity, that is all!
human
But you know all that can be told. There has been a great victory, for certain.
gpt
Eh? Eh? You are clever enough, doubtless; but you don't think you can question and cross-question a man the way that Father Launoy does it? Why the last time I confessed to him he turned me upside down and emptied me like a sack.
human
There has been a great victory: that is all we need to know. Work, my friends, work with a good heart!