human
Why do you employ so many Germans in your offices?
gpt
Because they speak several languages,
human
But could you not find Englishmen who have lived abroad, that would do as well?
gpt
I could find plenty, no doubt; but I should have no confidence in their steadiness. You must not lose sight of an Englishman.
human
You don't mean it! I cried.
gpt
Is that the opinion you have of your countrymen?
human
I don't believe in the virtue of an Englishman on the Continent,
gpt
What! You would not trust a....
human
I would trust nobody.
gpt
Not even a bishop?
human
Not even a bishop.
gpt
Things are dreadfully dear in France; one spends no end of money in Paris,
human
Do you think so? I replied.
gpt
When I am in Paris, and am staying at an hotel, I spend but about twenty-five francs a day, and I live like a prince.
human
Frightfully dear! I tell you.
gpt
And you talk of going again next month?
human
Yes, but I shall have my wife with me.
gpt
What! you will take your wife! You will spend double as much then....
human
Not at all, I....
gpt
Oh! I beg your pardon, I cried;