human
The queen has had them in her hand. My sister Klea got them yesterday in the procession.
gpt
Has your sister black hair and is she taller than you are, and did she wear a golden fillet in the procession? Did she give you these flowers? Yes--do you say? Well then, she had the bunch from me, but although she accepted them she seems to have taken very little pleasure in them, for what we value we do not give away--so there they may go, far enough!
human
But you, child, you shall be held guiltless of their loss. Give me your pomegranate-flower, Lysias!
gpt
Certainly not, replied the Greek.
human
You chose to do pleasure to your friend Serapion in your own person when you kept me from going to fetch the peaches, and now I desire to offer this flower to the fair Irene with my own hand.
gpt
Take this flower,