human
And now you are content to be the very last, etc., etc.?
gpt
Now it has occurred to me that perhaps I can offer the Countess Erika a small pleasure which none other among her adorers can give her, and I come to ask if she will give me leave to do so.
human
Herr von Lozoncyi, you speak in riddles.
gpt
You perhaps remember that I am in your debt, Countess Erika?
human
Yes; I once lent you five guilders.
gpt
Five guilders, he repeated.
human
It seems a trifle; but then it was much for me. Without those five guilders I should probably never have been able to reach my aunt Illona in Munich, and I might have starved in a ditch. You see that I owe you much; and in consideration of this fact I have come to ask if you will allow me to paint your portrait.
gpt
For five guilders?