human
We are sorry to find you ill, father, said Fortini;
gpt
Not much more than usual, said the sick man, shutting his eyes, while his pallid lips continued to move, as he muttered to himself an
human
Ave Maria.
gpt
And can you give us your attention for a few minutes?
human
I will answer to your asking as far as I can; but my head is confused, and I don't remember much clearly about anything. It seems to me as if I had been lying on this bed for months and months,
gpt
And yet, you know, you were up and well yesterday morning, when you were with the young girl who came to copy the mosaics, you know, on the scaffolding in the church?
human
Yes; I was with the girl--Paolina Foscarelli, a Venetian--on the scaffolding. Was it yesterday?
gpt
Yesterday it was that she was here. Yesterday morning. And it is hardly necessary to ask you if you know what happened here in the Pineta much about that time, or shortly afterwards. You have heard of the murder, of course?