human
M. Le Gros, said she,
gpt
I want you to do me a great favour, but I have hardly the impudence to ask it. Can you lend me some money this autumn--say £100? Thereupon M. Le Gros' face fell, and his cheeks were elongated, and his eyes were very sorrowful.
human
Ah, then, I see you can't, she said.
gpt
I will not put you to the pain of saying so. I ought not to have suggested it. My dealings with you have seemed to be so pleasant, and they have not been quite of the same nature down at 'The Embankment.'
human
My dear young lady--
gpt
Not another word; and I beg your pardon most heartily for having given you this moment's annoyance.
human
There is one of the lessees there, said M. Le Gros, pointing back to the gentleman on the top of the steps,
gpt
Who is the judicious gentleman?
human
He is Lord Castlewell. He is the eldest son of the Marquis of Beaulieu. He have--oh!--lots of money. He was saying--ah! I must not tell you what his lordship was saying of you because it will make you vain.
gpt
Nothing that any lord can say of me will make me vain,