human
I was to keep this, simply till madame chose to reclaim it. Nothing has been advanced against it. A new thought came into the manager's mind, and he turned slightly pale.
gpt
If it is not madame's--?
human
It is mine, said La Signorina. She was very angry, but her sense of justice admitted that Worth was perfectly right.
gpt
Once more I ask you not to make me miserable by forcing this trinket back upon me. Will you do me the honor to wait till to-morrow morning?
human
Till to-morrow morning, then, said Worth.
gpt
That will be all,
human
You will forgive us, won't you? asked O'Mally.
gpt
It could not be. We men have some ideas in our heads that you can't knock out with a club. It was fine of you. You've a heart as big as all outdoors. We'll keep the thought behind the deed. Eh, boys? Do not be angry with us.
human
I am only angry to have been found out, she answered, not ungraciously. Then she laughed.
gpt
You are the strangest people! One would think, to hear you talk, that I was giving you all this, when I merely advanced security till your remittances come. Well, well, we shall say no more about it. I have a plan to lay before you that is a vastly more interesting matter. It will be something of an adventure to us all.
human
Adventure?
gpt
Adventure? Let us be gone upon it at once,
human
Any place, so long as there's board and keep in it,
gpt
As I have said, I have friends in Italy, and some of them are rich and powerful. This letter is from a friend I have always known. Has any one of you ever heard of the Principessa di Monte Bianca?