human
Where the devil can she have gone?
gpt
It's very strange, rejoined Jean Ficelle,
human
Let's go on, said Sans-Cravate.
gpt
Bastringuette has a cousin who lives Rue Barbette way; perhaps she's gone to see her.
human
In the Marais; ah! she has a cousin who lives in the Marais? How that fits in!
gpt
What's that? what do you mean?
human
Oh! nothing.
gpt
I don't like hints, Jean Ficelle; speak out, sacrebleu!
human
Well, I mean that the Marais is where Paul's always seen when he's disguised as a swell; and Bastringuette comes along, dressed in tiptop style, and goes in that direction. _Dame!_ if a fellow had an evil tongue, he might say that your mistress and our so-called comrade made assignations there--perhaps at the cousin's, who knows? There's such things as obliging cousins.