human
I have forgotten the name of this palace, he added, by way of a joke, meaning that he had not been called to do any work for a long time.
gpt
Perhaps you can tell me what it is called.
human
It used to be a madhouse, returned the porter in the same strain.
gpt
Now that the madmen are gone, a mole lives here. I kept the door open for the lunatics, and they all got out. I keep it shut for the mole, when he does not shut it himself.
human
I will come in and smoke a pipe with you, said Toto.
gpt
We will talk of old times.
human
Not if you were the blessed soul of my father come back from the dead, he said.
gpt
The Baron's instructions are to let no one in without the mole's orders.
human
But I am an old friend,
gpt
Not if you were my mother, and the Holy Father, and Saint Peter, and all the souls of Purgatory at once,
human
May an apoplexy seize you!