human
Why do you rush in like a storm, Goliath?
gpt
There's a pretty storm in the house; they are beginning to get impatient, and are calling out like madmen. But if that were all!
human
Well, what else?
gpt
Death will not be able to play this evening.
human
Why so?
gpt
I have just seen her! she's crouching at the bottom of her cage; her ears lie so close to her head, she looks as if they had been cut off. You know what that means.
human
Is that all?
gpt
It's quite enough; she's in one of her tearing fits. Since that night in Germany, when she ripped up that old hack of a white horse, I've not seen her look so savage! her eyes shine like burning candles.
human
Then she must have her fine collar on,
gpt
Her fine collar?
human
Yes; her spring-collar.
gpt
And I must be lady's-maid, said the giant.
human
A nice toilet to attend to!
gpt
Hold your tongue!
human
That's not all--
gpt
What more?
human
I might as well tell you at once.
gpt
Will you speak?
human
Well! he is here.
gpt
Who, you stupid brute?
human
The Englishman!
gpt
The Englishman!--you have seen him? cried Morok, addressing Goliath.
human
You are quite sure?
gpt
Quite sure. I was looking through the peep-hole in the curtain; I saw him in one of the stage-boxes--he wishes to see things close; he's easy to recognize, with his pointed forehead, big nose, and goggle eyes.
human
Who is this Englishman?
gpt
He has followed me from Strasburg, where he fell in with me, said Morok, with visible dejection.
human
He travelled with his own horses, by short stages, as I did; stopping where I stopped, so as never to miss one of my exhibitions. But two days before I arrived at Paris, he left me--I thought I was rid of him,
gpt
Rid of him!--how you talk! replied Jacques, surprised;
human
Aye! said Morok, becoming more and more agitated;