human
Baroness, said he,
gpt
What rends me, sir, is to see human beings die, into whose faces I have looked.
human
That speaks well for your heart, Madame; but what about the laws?
gpt
Are laws just under which three lives are set against a few trinkets?
human
Well, Baroness, that is the business not of you nor me, but of the magistrates. You admit at least the guilt of the criminals against society?
gpt
What has society done for these creatures? What have we who live at ease in Versailles done to make them good citizens? But I cease to argue, my lord, and know that in doing so I am presuming beyond any rights I might have. Listen, then, with your good heart--for all France knows the good heart of Monsieur de Calonne--to the intercession of a woman for three of her dying, neglected, and miserable fellow-men.
human
They have a fair and powerful advocate,