human
Susan, you do me more good than anyone I know. I don't understand how it is, but you seem to purify me almost, as a breeze from the sea--when it's calm--purifies a room if you open the window to it.
gpt
If it should be Claude come back!
human
Would he ring?
gpt
No. But he might!
human
Surely it's Monsieur Sennier!
gpt
he exclaimed.
human
Deserted, abandoned, I come to you. How can I eat alone in a hotel? It is impossible! I tried. I sat down. They brought me caviare, _potage_. I looked, raised my fork, my spoon. Impossible! Will you save me from myself? See, I am in my smoking! I shall not disgrace you.
gpt
Of course! Pierre, please lay another place. But who has abandoned you?
human
Everyone--Henriette, Adelaide, even the faithful Max. They would have taken me, but I refused to go.
gpt
Where to?
human
Batna, Biskra, _que sais-je_? Adelaide is restless as an enraged cat!
gpt
Ah, this is good! Your cook is to be loved. For once--may I?
human
I may! Madame, you are an angel. You are a flock of angels. Why, I said to them, should I leave this beautiful city to throw myself into the arms of a mad librettist, who desires my blood simply because he cannot write? Must genius die because an idiot has practised on bottles with a revolver? It shall not be!
gpt
Do you mean Monsieur Gillier? Then they are going to Constantine!
human
To Constantine, Tunis, Batna, Biskra, the Sahara--_que sais-je_? Adelaide is like a cat enraged! She cannot rest! And she has seduced my Henriette.