human
Oh, the dear little fellow! What makes him shiver so, and why is he so pale?
gpt
Hang it, citizeness, said Coclès, with his hoarse laugh,
human
I can't tell you exactly; but I think he shivers because he is cold, and that he is pale because he nearly fell over the guillotine. He wasn't acquainted with the machine, and it seems to have had quite an effect upon him. What fools children are!
gpt
Be quiet, you idiot!
human
Thanks, citizeness; that's my _pourboire_, I suppose.
gpt
No, my friend, said Charles, drawing a little purse from his pocket and handing him a small coin,
human
Thanks, citizen, said Coclès, lifting his hat with one hand and holding out the other for the money.
gpt
The deuce! white money; so there is still some left in France? I thought that it was all done for; but now I see, as citizen Tétrell says, that that is just a report started by the aristocrats.
human
Come, get along to your horses, said citizeness Teutch,