human
It is more like the olden days, she said, well content;
gpt
--she paused and glanced about her to make sure that all were listening--
human
There is no Queen Carlotta! a chorus of indignant young voices answered her.
gpt
If the Lady of the Bernardini were here----
human
Aye--but she is not. Ecciva returned placidly:
gpt
The Madonna be praised for a moment's liberty to utter one's thought! She and the Dama Margherita who knoweth more surely to tie one's honest speech than even the great Lady of the Bernardini, are gone to the Sala Regia to represent Her Majesty and receive the splendid gifts which His Excellency the Ambassador hath brought from Alexandria. And this am I sent to tell you, by the Lady of the Bernardini--who is a gracious tyrant and would save a bit of pleasure for our childish souls out of the dulness of the days. And when we hear the champing of horses in the great court of the palace--but there is already a tumult below--fly then!