human
exclaimed the old man.
gpt
My poor M. Paul! Forgive me! I'm a stupid fool,
human
It's all right, you didn't understand,
gpt
And you--you think it's _his_ doing?
human
Of course. He must have given the order in that cipher dispatch to Dubois. Dubois is a secret agent of the government. He communicated with the Prime Minister, but the Prime Minister was away inaugurating a statue; he didn't return until after midnight. That is why the man wasn't set at liberty sooner. No wonder he kept looking at the clock.
gpt
And Dubois telegraphed to have this hellish thing done?
human
Yes, yes, they had warned me, they had killed my dog, and--and now they have struck at my mother. He bent down his head on his hands.
gpt
She's all I've got, Tignol, she's seventy years old and--infirm and--no, no, I quit, I'm through.