human
Ze dinnare--she was h-all right, M'sieu' Brouillard?
gpt
As right as the price you're going to charge Mr. Cortwright for it,
human
swore the amiable one, spreading his hands,
gpt
Yes, you will! Brouillard scoffed jocosely.
human
You'll be adding something then for the uniqueness--for the benefit of the tourists. It'll be a great ad, 'The Hotel Metropole, the Delmonico's of the Lake Bottom. Sit in and dine with us before the heavens open and the floods come.'
gpt
I'll been wanting to h-ask you, whispered the Frenchman with a quick-flung glance for the diners at the nearest of the tables,
human
When we get the dam completed.
gpt
You'll bet money h-on dat?--h-all de money you got?
human
It's a sure thing, if that's what you're driving at. You can bet on it if you want to.
gpt
I make my bet on de price of de dinnare, smiled Bongras.
human
Why should you doubt it?
gpt
Who said that?
human
I don't know; it is _bruit_--what you call rumaire. You hear it h-on de Avenue, in de café, h-anyw'eres you go.
gpt
Don't lower your prices on the strength of any such rumor as that, Poodles. The dam will be built, and the Niquoia will be turned into a lake, with the Hotel Metropole comfortably anchored in the deepest part of it--that is, if it doesn't get gay enough to float.
human
Dat's juz what I'll been thinking,