human
I would fain tell thee my secret, Margherita,
gpt
Nay--if it be a secret, tell it not: for women have tongues.
human
Have they also hearts?
gpt
Not those who yield them, she said;
human
Your Excellency--a member of the Council of the Realm hath so reported it, she answered, laughing frankly.
gpt
Who am I, that I should question his judgment?
human
Thou art thyself, he said half banteringly--half seriously, and watching to see how she would take it.
gpt
To none other would I so defer.
human
Not to the Queen?
gpt
Aye--ever to the Queen, in duty bound--by kinsman's ties--by knighthood's vows--by my honor, by her sorrows, and by my will--yet this hindereth not that there should be one----
human
Methinks my stirrup is caught fast in the housing!