human
Bettina? Bettina, are you listening?
gpt
I am always listening. Bettina squeezed into the room.
human
I had not the heart to interrupt. It is beautiful, beautiful! To sing like that! Then, with a burst of confidence:
gpt
There will be kings and dukes at your feet!
human
Enough!
gpt
Pardon, signora, I forgot. But listen; I bring a message. A boy came to say that the rehearsal will be at four this afternoon. It is now after twelve.
human
So late? I did not know. We must be off to lunch.
gpt
And the letter up-stairs on the floor?
human
Some day, Bettina, you will enter the Forbidden Chamber, and I shall have to play Bluebeard. This time, however, I do not mind. Leave it there or burn it,