human
It's amusing, isn't it?
gpt
What do you mean?
human
A cosmopolitan company like this.
gpt
Oh, yes!
human
You are Dutch?
gpt
How do you know?
human
I saw your name in the visitors' book, with 'la Haye' after it.
gpt
I am Dutch, yes.
human
There are some more Dutch ladies here, sitting over there: they are charming.
gpt
That wine is no good, said the stout gentleman, vivaciously.
human
This is Genzano, pointing to his fiasco.
gpt
I pay a small corkage and drink my own wine.
human
If you like, I will give you the address where I get my wine. Via della Croce, 61.
gpt
You're looking at the major-domo?
human
You are a keen observer,
gpt
He's a type, our major-domo, Giuseppe. He used to be major-domo in the palace of an Austrian archduke. He did I don't know what. Stole something, perhaps. Or was impertinent. Or dropped a spoon on the floor. He has come down in the world. Now you behold him in the Pension Belloni. But the dignity of the man!
human
The marchesa is economical. All the servants here are either old or very young. It's cheaper.
gpt
I have the permit which I promised you, to see the Palazzo Rospigliosi and Guido Reni's Aurora
human
Is the prince back then?
gpt
No, the prince is in Paris. The palace is not open to visitors, except yourselves.