human
I have one petition to make to you, said Senhor d'Almeida, for so we may call the stranger;
gpt
What! cannot I see my only friend without hearing that hateful word? interrupted Carvalho, and a frown darkened his brow.
human
Yet let me hear it, for I would not willingly refuse you.
gpt
I would ask for the pardon of one in whom all my affections are centred--the young Count d'Almeida, my nephew.
human
Ah! I have been deceived in that youth! He is accused of the darkest treason,
gpt
I will answer for his innocence--he is incapable of a dishonourable deed,
human
He is in prison with others equally culpable, and I have vowed to show no mercy to any, returned the Minister.
gpt
If I waver, they deem mercy arises from weakness, and my power is at an end.
human
Then have I lived and toiled in vain, said the stranger.
gpt
Pardon me, I ask but this grace, and I find that I have presumed too far on the love you bore me.
human
Stay, my friend! exclaimed the Minister.
gpt
You wrong me and yourself: I will not refuse your request, but on one condition: your nephew must forthwith quit the country, and till he embarks, appear to no one. He is not proved innocent, and the guilty must not escape punishment. I will send some one who will, this night, set him at liberty, and conduct him to the house where you reside: from thenceforward he is under your charge; and remember, he must run no risk of being retaken.
human
Senhor Pinto, he said,