human
You work hard for our benefit, my faithful Minister, said Joseph, seating himself;
gpt
Your Majesty need not despair, said the sagacious Minister.
human
A woman who has once consented to admit a lover to an interview without her husband's knowledge will never draw back if he proceeds with caution; and when that lover has the qualifications of your Majesty, her fate is certain. A few weeks' more perseverance and she will yield, or I must renounce all knowledge of the female heart.
gpt
She must, Carvalho, she must! exclaimed the King, impatiently.
human
This suspense is dreadful. What advantage is gained by being a King, unless our subjects will dutifully obey us?
gpt
Your Majesty is perfectly right; and few there are, I trust, of all your Majesty's subjects who would prove thus disloyal, except some of the haughty nobles of the realm, who appear to suppose your kingdom their own; and of one of those families is the lovely Donna Theresa, which will account for her most undutiful hesitation. Yet your Majesty need have no fears of the result.
human
I know, I know, said the King, hastily;
gpt
I am convinced she loves me; but some foolish prejudice appears to restrain her from her own wishes.
human
exclaimed Carvalho;
gpt
Your counsel is always that of wisdom, said the King.
human
Speak, my Carvalho.
gpt
I would, then, advise your Majesty to make a present to Donna Theresa of your favourite dwarf, Donna Florinda. She is acute and observing, and will very soon become mistress of all the young lady's secrets, at the same time that she will counsel her no longer to treat your Majesty with her general cruelty.
human
Ah! the idea is indeed worthy of following! exclaimed the King, enraptured at the bright thought.
gpt
Thanks, my Carvalho, thanks. You are truly the most sagacious and first of Ministers. I will persuade our Queen, who will willingly part with her, to send her to-morrow morning; and then, if she succeeds, I shall indeed be thankful to one who has so well aided my wishes.