human
Well! said Dubotté, rising and taking his hat;
gpt
No, indeed I wont go and dine with him! he said.
human
If I should ever be too hard up, I wouldn't apply to him. There are some people whose benefactions are too heavy a load to carry. Au revoir, messieurs! I have eleven acts to prompt to-night, and I must go to my post--or my hole--it's the same thing. I sometimes am tempted to take a syringe with me and prompt with that. That would be a good joke. I think I'll wait till they play _Porceaugnac_.
gpt
I don't ask you to dinner, Dodichet, said Lucien,
human
Thanks, my boy; a little tobacco with it, and it will be all right.
gpt
My purse is at your service, Dodichet,
human
I know it; I know you, my friend! But I am going to try to take care of myself. Besides, I am very fond of snails now, and they're cheap. I have a mind to raise them in my hole; that will give me something to do in the entr'actes. Au revoir, my children!
gpt
You haven't congratulated me on my good fortune, on my approaching marriage. You have a very unhappy look; and yet I know you too well not to be sure that you are glad for my happiness.
human
Yes, Lucien; yes, I am, indeed! But if you knew what it has cost me! So it was you whom Madame Dermont went to the Jardin des Plantes to meet?
gpt
To be sure. Juliette wasn't able to come that day.
human
Did Nathalie come in a cab?
gpt
Yes, she left the cab at the gate; I took her back to it and put her in, after thanking her for her kindness in coming.
human
Oh! my friend, if you had only told me this sooner! I should not have suspected a woman whom I adored.
gpt
I couldn't tell you any sooner, as you had gone to England. I couldn't go there after you! So you are at odds with Madame Dermont again, are you?
human
Yes. My infernal jealousy! I wrote her a letter--which was utterly without sense! I see it now.
gpt
Have courage! she will forgive you.
human
Oh, no! it's all over; she can't forgive me again; indeed, I feel that I don't deserve to be forgiven.
gpt
Adieu, my dear Adhémar! excuse me for leaving you so soon. But Juliette is waiting for me, and we have so many preparations to make for our marriage.
human
Go, my friend, go! Because I am unhappy, I have no wish to delay the happiness of other people.
gpt
She did love me!