human
No 'joyment in you any more? Better come along. Tell you, I've got the biggest joke of the season ready to pull off--something rich! Gramont, come on!
gpt
Thanks, no,
human
I wonder who that was, now? mused Doctor Ansley, frowning.
gpt
Evidently, someone who knew us; at least, he recognized you, Gramont.
human
So it seemed, put in Jachin Fell. His tone, like his eyes, held a sombre fire.
gpt
A party of them drinking, eh? that will make trouble. The Krewe won't like it. Ten to one, that young man and his friends will start the makings of a fine scandal and the Krewe will come down hard on them--mighty hard. Who was he, Gramont? Sounded like----
human
Young Maillard.
gpt
You took the words out of my mouth. So Bob is drinking again, eh? And they've occupied one of the rooms somewhere, and are enjoying a bit of liquor and a card game by themselves. Cursed slippery going, as Eliza said when she crossed the ice! The Krewe will expel them. Hello, Gramont--where to?
human
I think I'll make my adieux, Fell. I intend to be up early in the morning and get off to work----
gpt
What? protested Ansley in astonishment.
human
You must stay until Rex comes, at least! Why, that's the event of the carnival! The evening hasn't started yet.
gpt
I'm growing old and sober, doctor, and Gramont chuckled.
human
To tell the truth, and he gave Fell a whimsical glance,
gpt
I am head over ears in some new business matters which have actually fired me with the divine afflatus of enthusiasm. What's more, I was drifting with the crowds all afternoon, and I've just begun to realize that I'm dead tired. Rex or no Rex, I'm afraid that I'd best say good-night, gentlemen.