human
I have formed a plan that I wish to submit to you, she said.
gpt
I'll send to King Louis an invitation to visit me here at Peronne, under safeguard. When he comes, I intend to offer to restore all the cities that my father took from him, if he will release me from the treaty of marriage, and will swear upon the Cross of Victory to support me against my enemies, and to assist me in subduing Ghent, now in rebellion. What think you of the plan?
human
Your Highness is giving King Louis nearly half your domain,
gpt
True, answered the princess,
human
Your Highness is right, answered Hymbercourt.
gpt
But what assurance have you that King Louis will accept your terms?
human
Little, my lord, save that King Louis does not know our weakness. Oliver has by this time told him that he has news of a vast army collecting within twenty leagues of Peronne. If Louis accepts our terms, Oliver and the cardinal are each to receive twenty thousand crowns out of our treasury at Luxembourg. My father fought King Louis with blows; I'll fight His Majesty with his own weapon, gold. That is the lesson my father should have learned.
gpt
Yolanda --I began, but corrected myself--
human
Your Highness needs no councillor. I, for one, deem your plan most wise, and I see in it the salvation of Burgundy.
gpt
I have still another plan which I hope may frighten King Louis into accepting our terms. During the conference which I hope to hold with His Majesty, I shall receive a message from my mother's brother, King Edward of England. The missive, of course, will be directed to my father, since the English king cannot yet know of the duke's death. The messenger will be an English herald, and will demand immediate audience, and--and--however, I'll keep the remainder of that plan to myself.
human
Why did not your father take you into his council?
gpt
I should have been no help to him, she responded.
human
A woman's wits, dear Hugonet, must be driven by a great motive.
gpt
But you would have had the motive,
human
There is but one motive for a woman, my lord,
gpt
You shall soon know.