human
Mon Dieu! monsieur, I am terribly distressed. You are really badly burned,
gpt
Oh! no, madame; it will very soon be all right.
human
Yes, said the druggist,
gpt
Well, it will be an honorable scar!--Pray consider, madame, that you might have been seriously burned; what does this amount to, compared with the danger by which you were threatened?
human
It is impossible for me to go out in this condition; the whole skirt of my dress is burned. Is there no way of getting a cab?
gpt
Surely, madame, the druggist replied;
human
I will send for one for you.
gpt
I shall be greatly obliged to you, monsieur.
human
As you have no further need of my services, madame, I will take my leave of you.
gpt
Excuse me, monsieur, for keeping you longer; but I should be very glad to know the name of the gentleman who risked his--who was badly burned in my service?--Mon Dieu! I am too presumptuous--I beg your pardon.
human
There is nothing presumptuous in your request, madame; on the contrary, it is most flattering to me.