human
The young man has been an efficient officer, he said regretfully,
gpt
And preserve our young officers from consorting with the scum of the people, Monsieur Adjutant.
human
He is scarcely scum, sir. One must allow that in point of form he is _parfaitement bien_. It is likely that the fortune of his father has led him quite naturally to believe himself fit for the regiment.
gpt
He ought, instead, to have been standing aproned in a pork-market. He deserves the galleys.
human
You are interested, Monsieur, and look at the affair with personal annoyance. As for me, I am guided solely by the royal ordinance requiring proofs of sixteen quarterings for entry into the Bodyguard. If Monsieur Lecour--who is now de Lincy--not Répentigny--cannot show them satisfactorily, he does not fulfil the ordinance, that is all. He is to-day at a shooting party.
gpt
This Lincy name is a worse imposture than the other. I tell you, Monsieur Adjutant, it is _impossible_ for such folk to have nobility.
human
Pardon me, sir, said Collinot, taking out his watch.
gpt
May I invite you to review the force?
human
I must deny myself this great honour, inasmuch as I am not ready with your new infantry drill,