human
Fra Lorenzo, said he, after a moment,
gpt
I go, padre,
human
This beseemeth little a tonsured head. Then he turned to the signora and asked her if she had examined the fresco just behind them.
gpt
It is worth much study, he went on,
human
he added, seeing her confusion and distress:
gpt
Oh, padre, I would give everything if I had not forgotten it! You must think of me as a good woman, for indeed I deserve it.
human
I do think of you as such, and am sure the lesson will not be forgotten, was the crumb of comfort upon which she fed all the rest of the day and for several days following, during which Fra Lorenzo had not reappeared. The fountain-scene had not been mentioned to her friends, so one day at dinner Margaret said,
gpt
Do the offices for the dead generally require so much time, that Lorenzo does not return?
human
Fra Lorenzo is here, was the answer.
gpt
He was only absent one night. He is very much occupied: that is why you do not see him.
human
While you are waiting, he said,
gpt
and he pointed to the end of a corridor,
human
I suppose I ought to go that far,