human
You know Langley walked and talked with Mam’selle before that red and white woman from the States caught him up in her petticoat and carried him off?
gpt
And some months after, Longville was whispering as if he feared the cat purring under the stove would hear,
human
Oh! Cecile died!
gpt
Cecile died, yes! And Mam’selle went away. And what for?
human
I do not know,
gpt
You cannot guess—and you a woman?
human
I cannot.
gpt
Then patch this and this together. Why does a woman go away and hide when a man has deserted her? Why?
human
And that’s why Mam’selle will buy Pierre.