human
I should have held aloof from it all,
gpt
No, said the Duchess.
human
There could have been no pageantry without you. Believe me, it is good for us to have action, if only in the playing—it lights dull days for us.
gpt
I’m to figure as Richard the Crusader, he said, tired of himself and all things.
human
I ask you, friends, do I show like a Crusader?
gpt
Your temper of the moment does not, but a man’s past goes with him, she broke in, with her soft, infectious laugh.
human
Of all the King’s gentlemen I know, my husband here, and you, stand nearest to the fine crusading days. To please us both, you will play your part?