human
Ah, good-day, Monsieur Charles! cried he,
gpt
It is long since we met. Odd, too, that I should meet you to-day. I was just thinking of you this morning.
human
Why, may I ask?
gpt
Well, you see, only to-day I saw up at the bank a paper--a bill for thirty or forty thousand francs--bearing both your name and that of Monsieur Alphonse. It astonished me, for I thought that you two--hm!--had done with each other.
human
No, we have not quite done with each other yet,
gpt
When does the bill fall due? I don't quite recollect.
human
To-morrow or the day after, I think, answered the other, who was a hard-worked business man, and was already in a hurry to be off.
gpt
It was accepted by Monsieur Alphonse.
human
I know that, said Charles;
gpt
With pleasure. Tell your messenger to ask for me personally at the bank to-morrow afternoon. I will arrange it; nothing easier. Excuse me; I'm in a hurry. Good-bye!