human
You are Madam Cecile?
gpt
Yes, sir.
human
You keep a _maison de rendez-vous_ on the Place de la Madeleine?
gpt
Yes, sir.
human
Look at this man, he pointed to the prisoner.
gpt
Have you ever seen him before?
human
I have seen him--once.
gpt
When was that?
human
This afternoon. He called at my place and--
gpt
Tell me what happened--everything.
human
He spoke to me and--he said he wanted a lady. I asked him what kind of a lady he wanted, and he said he wanted a real lady, not a fake. I told him I had a very pretty widow and he looked at her, but she wasn't _chic_ enough. Then I told him I had something special, a young married woman, a beauty, whose husband has plenty of money only----
gpt
Never mind that, cut in the judge.
human
What then?
gpt
He looked her over and said she would do. He offered her five hundred francs if she would leave the house with him and drive away in a carriage. It seemed queer but we see lots of queer things, and five hundred francs is a nice sum. He paid it in advance, so I told her to go ahead and--she did.
human
Do you think he knew the woman?
gpt
I'm sure he did not.
human
He simply paid her five hundred francs to go out of the house with him?
gpt
Exactly.
human
That will do. You may go.
gpt
What do you say to that, Groener?
human
She's a disreputable person and her testimony has no value,
gpt
Did you pay five hundred francs to the woman who left the house with you?
human
Certainly not.
gpt
Do you still maintain that she is a lady whom you know personally?
human
I do.
gpt
The lady who was brought with this man,