human
Do not be alarmed, lady, she said, smiling, as she turned to Ada.
gpt
You may also quiet the fears of your attendant, for the masonry with which we are surrounded has already stood firm for several hundred years through many a fiercer storm than this; and the shocks we now feel are not likely to shatter these old towers. They are caused by the waves dashing under the caverned rocks beneath our feet. How furiously the waters rage and foam at the opposition this little island makes against them. It was during a storm like this that Argiri Caramitzo was first brought to my father's castle. Heaven grant that he may not have been tempted out on the sea this morning. Mila, do you know if your chief left the harbour since I came here?
human
Yes, lady, answered the Greek girl,
gpt
He went on board one of the misticos as soon as he reached the harbour, and immediately set sail.
human
Great heaven, and is even now on yon troubled waters, exclaimed the poor girl almost fainting with agitation.
gpt
And I am here, nor even till this instant thought of him. Cannot we send out the other mistico to assist him. Surely some of his brave followers will be found ready to search for him. I myself will accompany them.
human
Alas, signora, it would be in vain now to attempt to put to to sea, replied Mila, who knew more about nautical affairs than did Nina.
gpt
Yet we need not fear for the safety of our chief--he is even now probably taking shelter under some of the neighbouring islands. He and those who are with him are too well accustomed to the signs of the weather not to have perceived this storm in time to have escaped from its fury.
human
Ah, I think I see a white sail flying before the wind, like a sea-bird's wing on the summit of the waves,
gpt
Oh, it must be the mistico, then,
human
Oh, it is the mistico, she exclaimed eagerly.
gpt
I know her by the shape of her sails. It must be her, and they are returning in safety.