human
Sit down, madam. Try to control yourself. I shall detain you only a minute. Now--what is your name?
gpt
It will disgrace me, it will ruin me.
human
Not at all, assured Hauteville.
gpt
Your name will not go on the records--you need not even speak it aloud. Simply whisper it to me.
human
Really!
gpt
I have only two questions to ask, he proceeded.
human
Look at this man and tell me if you know him,
gpt
I never saw him before this afternoon.
human
You met him at Madam Cecile's?
gpt
Ye-es,
human
And he paid you five hundred francs to go out of the house with him?
gpt
That was the only service you were to render, was it, for this sum of money, simply to leave the house with him and drive away in a carriage?
human
That was all.
gpt
Thank you, madam. I hope you will learn a lesson from this experience. You may go.
human
Now, sir, what have you to say?
gpt
Nothing.
human
You admit that the lady told the truth?
gpt
Ha, ha! the other laughed harshly.
human
A lady would naturally tell the truth in such a predicament, wouldn't she?
gpt
You denied a moment ago, resumed the questioner,
human
he exclaimed.
gpt
You thought we would overlook the little fifth-floor room, eh?
human
I know nothing about such a room,
gpt
I suppose you didn't go there to change your clothes before you called at Madam Cecile's?
human
Certainly not.
gpt
Call Jules,
human
Open it, directed the magistrate.
gpt
Spread the things on the table. Let the prisoner look at them. Now then, my stubborn friend, what about these garments? What about this wig and false beard?