human
But it is nothing, protested the Signora, beaming with delight.
gpt
It is so simple, so easy, and I know exactly what to do.
human
You?
gpt
Yes. I once gave lessons in the house of a famous lawyer, and sometimes I was asked to stay to luncheon, and I heard a great case discussed, and I asked questions, until I thoroughly understood it all. You see, it was what I always meant to do. There is a little fiction about the way it is managed, but it is perfectly legal. Though Italians may naturalize themselves in a foreign country, they can regain their own nationality by a simple declaration. Now, Signor Malipieri and I must be naturalized in Switzerland. I know a place where it can be done easily. Then we can be divorced by mutual consent at once. We come back to Italy, declare our nationality wherever we please, and we are free to be married to any one else, under Italian law. The fiction is only that by paying some money, it can all be done in three months, instead of in three years.
human
Are you positively sure of that?
gpt
I have the authority of one of the first lawyers in Italy.
human
But the Church? asked Sabina anxiously.
gpt
I should not think it a marriage at all, if I were not married in church.
human
I have asked a good priest about that, answered the Signora.
gpt
I go to confession to him, and he is a good man, and wise too. He told me that the Church could make no objection at all, since there has really been no marriage at all, and since Signor Malipieri will present himself after being properly and legally married to you at the municipality. He told me, on the contrary, that it is my duty to do everything in my power to help you.
human
God bless you! Sabina cried.
gpt
You are the best woman in the world!
human
I shall only ask one thing,
gpt
Ask all I have,
human
But you may not like it. I should like to keep the name, if you do not mind very much, on account of my little girl. She need never know. I can leave her with a friend while we are in Switzerland.
gpt
It is yours, he said.
human
Few of my own people have borne it as worthily as you have, since I gave it to you.
gpt
and without any particular