human
What is that for, Pietro?
gpt
It is Beatrice, he explained.
human
She has bewitched my two helpers. They cannot meet without blows. So I have arranged that each remains upon his own side of the room. Anselmo handles the Christians; Giuseppe the Moslems. I have made high the boards, so that they cannot meet upon the bench.
gpt
So-o-o,
human
My two helpers, with the shields and the swords of Orlando and Rinaldo, fought!
gpt
Who is the boy at the piano?
human
Gaiterno? He is her cousin. He worships her. It would be a good match, but she will not listen to him. He is not strong enough, she says.
gpt
The little coquette!
human
Ah, Signore, it is not that! sighed Pietro.
gpt
It is the play. The play is in her head. Life to her is the play. She holds herself to be a princess. Strong men love her, she thinks. She says she will smile upon no one who is not as strong as Rinaldo. Listen, Signore. This is what I saw when I made entrance here three days ago. My two helpers, with the shields and the swords of Orlando and Rinaldo, fought, while Beatrice, with the crown of Angelica upon her head, sat upon the throne of Carlo Magno, and urged them on.
human
I made Anselmo to go away upon the instant, he went on;