human
I am so glad Twonette found you, Sir Karl. I am in dire need. Will you help me?
gpt
I will help you if it is in my power, Yolanda, I answered.
human
You can ask nothing which I will not at least try to do.
gpt
Even at the risk of your life?
human
Even to the loss of my life, Yolanda,
gpt
Would you commit an act which the law calls a crime?
human
I would do that which is really a crime, if I might thereby serve you to great purpose, I answered.
gpt
God often does apparent evil that good may come of it. An act must be judged as a whole, by its conception, its execution, and its result. Tell me what you wish me to do, and I will do it without an 'if'--God giving me the power.
human
Then come with me.
gpt
Now, Sir Karl, you have all my great secrets--at least, they are very great to me. You know who I am, and you know of this stairway. No one knows of it but my mother, uncle, aunt, Twonette, and my faithful tire-woman, Anne. Even my father does not know of its existence. If he knew, he would soon close it. My grandfather, Duke Philip the Good, built it in the wall to connect his bedroom with the house of his true friend, burgher Castleman. Some day I'll tell you the story of the stairway, and how I discovered it. My bedroom is the one my grandfather occupied.