human
Listen, and remember, he said sharply.
gpt
These lambs may quit their supper any moment and disturb us. Tell Lady Ingilby that we caught a messenger on his way from Skipton. His letter was to the Roundheads here in Ripley. ’That termagant, Lady Ingilby, is making her house a meeting-place for Cavaliers’—have you that by heart?
human
Oh, yes, assented Joan, laughing at herself because he was not the suitor now, but the lord paramount, who must be obeyed.
gpt
Proceed, Captain Metcalf—or have they made you colonel since yesterday? Promotion comes so quickly in time of war.
human
You can flout me later,
gpt
My folk are up the moor, he finished.
human
They’re waiting near the High Cross till they hear what Lady Ingilby asks of them.