human
Ah! you have company, monsieur? said Herminie, biting off her words, and looking from Albert to her husband;
gpt
I am sorry to interrupt your conversation, messieurs. Doubtless you have some very interesting things to say to each other. If I had dreamed that Monsieur Vermoncey was here, be sure that I should not have come.
human
My dear love--we were saying--I don't know what. I didn't expect a visit from----
gpt
I called upon you first, madame, Albert interposed;
human
Yes, murmured Monsieur Plays, spitting out a piece of his pen,
gpt
Ah! so you are anxious about my health, monsieur! That is a surprise; I should never have guessed it. Ha! ha! admirable! You amuse yourself at a person's expense, you play a trick upon her--a shameful, outrageous jest of a sort you wouldn't dare try with a grisette--and then, a week afterward, you come here as if nothing had happened, with a cool, placid air! Oh! it makes me ill, it sets my nerves on edge; I would like to smash something!