human
I beg your pardon, Monsieur Grazcernitz; but who is the lady sitting opposite us and looking at us at this moment?
gpt
That lady, replied the host, motioning to the boy to come to him,
human
Pardon my inquisitiveness, but there is an expression on that lady's features which seems familiar to me.
gpt
She's a very fashionable woman! All the men are in love with her!--He can do something wonderful, too, on the treble string--also after the style of Paganini.
human
But her name, if you please?
gpt
Little Adolphe Kromiousky; he's a Pole.
human
I ask you the name of the lady sitting opposite us.
gpt
Oh! that is Madame Baldimer, commonly known in society as the fair American.
human
Madame Baldimer! Can it be that---- Ah! I am not surprised that the sight of her caused me an emotion that I could not understand! So that is Madame Baldimer!
gpt
Do you know her?
human
Oh! no, not I! But my son was very much in love with her; he fought a duel for her.
gpt
That doesn't surprise me. As I tell you, she turns the heads of all the men.
human
And it seems that she takes pleasure in causing her adorers to fight among themselves. Ah! I no longer consider her beautiful; I can't bear to look at her.
gpt
Was your son wounded?
human
No, thank heaven! but he might have been killed, and that woman's coquetry would have robbed me of my only remaining child.
gpt
Would you like me to present little Adolphe Kromiousky?
human
Anything that will give you pleasure.