human
These Lascaris and Grimaldis seem to have played at seesaw for the possession of this coast, said Baker.
gpt
Now one is up, and now the other, but never any one else.
human
What is your idea of them?
gpt
I hardly know; but of course they were knights in armor; and of course, being Greeks, they had classic profiles. They were impulsive, and they were generous; but if any one seriously displeased them, they immediately ordered him cast into that terrible _oubliette_ we saw below.
human
That, said the Professor, mildly,
gpt
Then, as if to strengthen her with something authentic, he added,
human
The village was sacked by the Duke of Guise towards the end of the sixteenth century, when this castle was reduced to the ruined condition in which we find it now.
gpt
Happily it is not altogether ruined, said Mrs. Trescott, putting up her eye-glass;
human
That, said the Professor,
gpt
Do the donkeys come up all these stairs?
human
I believe they do, replied the Professor.
gpt
Indeed, I have seen them coming up after the day's work is over.
human
I am sorry, Janet, but I shall never be able to think of this home of your Lascaris after this without seeing a procession of donkeys coming up-stairs on their way to their high apartments,
gpt
The _procession_ might have been the same in the days of the Lascaris,