human
If you aren't in a hurry to get back to Martigny, Joseph, said I, changing my tone,
gpt
I'll tell you what you can do for me. You may take some of my luggage down to the Riviera. I'm expecting a portmanteau to arrive here by rail to-night or to-morrow morning, with plenty of clothing in it. But there are those hold-alls which Finois has carried for so long. I can't travel about with them in railway carriages; at that I draw the line; yet if I sent them by _grande vitesse_, their contents would be injured or stolen. Take them down to Monte Carlo for me. I shall go there sooner or later, to meet some friends of mine who are motoring, and I shall stop at the Royal.
human
Monsieur is not joking? He is in earnest?
gpt
Most certainly. And when we meet on the Riviera, we will talk over a scheme for your future of which I've been thinking. If you would like to buy Finois of your patron, and two or three other animals only less admirable than he, setting up in business for yourself, I think I know a man who might advance you the money.
human
Oh, Monsieur!
gpt
Oh, Monsieur!
human
Monsieur, I would die for you,
gpt
I would prefer, I returned,
human
Have you any commission from your lord to negotiate with my face?