human
I should not wait for the _roturier_ if he had not promised me a _roti_,
gpt
I am not included in the invitation, said he,
human
I knew I should find you in the Madeleine, said Lemercier,
gpt
Certainly. A pigeon arrived this morning with a few lines. All well there.
human
And Duplessis thinks, despite the war, that he shall be able, when the time comes, to pay Louvier the mortgage-sum?
gpt
He never doubts that. His credit in London is so good. But of course all works of improvement are stopped.
human
Pray did he mention me?--anything about the messenger who was to pierce the Prussian lines?
gpt
What! has the man not arrived? It is two weeks since he left.
human
The Uhlans have no doubt shot him--the assassins, and drunk up my 25,000 francs--the thieves.
gpt
I hope not. But in case of delay, Duplessis tells me I am to remit to you 2,000 francs for your present wants. I will send them to you this evening.
human
How the deuce do you possess such a sum?
gpt
I came from Brittany with a purse well filled. Of course I could have no scruples in accepting money from my destined father-in-law.
human
And you can spare this sum?
gpt
Certainly--the State now provides for me; I am in command of a Breton company.
human
True. Come and dine with me and De Breze.
gpt
Alas! I cannot. I have to see both the Vandemars before I return to the camp for the night. And now-hush--come this way (drawing Frederic further from De Breze), I have famous news for you. A sortie on a grand scale is imminent; in a few days we may hope for it.
human
I have heard that so often that I am incredulous.
gpt
Take it as a fact now.
human
What! Trochu has at last matured his plan?
gpt
He has changed its original design, which was to cut through the Prussian lines to Rouen, occupying there the richest country for supplies, guarding the left bank of the Seine and a watercourse to convoy them to Paris. The incidents of war prevented that: he has a better plan now. The victory of the army of the Loire at Orleans opens a new enterprise. We shall cut our way through the Prussians, join that army, and with united forces fall on the enemy at the rear. Keep this a secret as yet, but rejoice with me that we shall prove to the invaders what men who fight for their native soil can do under the protection of Heaven.
human
Fox, Fox, _mon cheri_, said Lemercier, as he walked towards the _cafe Riche_ with De Breze;
gpt
Gustave Rameau, _homme de lettres_. Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to _afficher_ one's self as a
human
? But Genius scorns what is usual. Had not Victor Hugo left in the hotel-books on the Rhine his designation
gpt
? Did not the heir to one of the loftiest houses in the peerage of England, and who was also a first-rate amateur in painting, inscribe on his studio when in Italy,
human
? Such examples, no doubt, were familiar to Gustave Rameau, and