human
What on earth are you doing here, Adhémar? Are you on the lookout for a scene or a dénouement?
gpt
Faith! yes; I was thinking over a new subject.
human
Come with me; you can tell me your plan as we walk.
gpt
I'll go with you gladly; but I won't tell you anything, because you would want to be in the play.
human
Well! I would do my share.
gpt
Thanks, I know you! you hang around, you make absurd remarks, you abuse your confrères, you find fault with everything that others do, and never produce anything yourself. That's the way you do your share!
human
You are very polite this morning! I am in several plays, nevertheless, which have had some success.
gpt
Yes, I am well aware that you are; but that doesn't prove that you had anything to do with them. We know how it's worked on the stage nowadays, all the scheming and jobbing that go on there!
human
You are in a savage mood to-day! Do you know that I should be justified in demanding satisfaction for what you have said?
gpt
Oh! I'm at your service. Do you want to fight? I ask nothing better.
human
And I haven't the slightest desire to do it! You're in a bad temper, and I am not. You're looking for a quarrel, and I am looking for sport. Adieu!
gpt
He is right, Adhémar reflected, when he was alone again.
human
I am ugly, because she has made me unhappy. It's always the women who make us what we are!
gpt
The idea, he thought,