human
So that fellow boasts of his fidelity! he exclaimed, in a repulsively modulated and familiar tone.
gpt
What a wealth of tenderness such a kidnapping shows! Possibly you knew his profession, citizeness?--that of salaried spy. Your protector he claims to be? Excellent--when he could not turn a straw in your favour. He has deprived you of your freedom; that was easier in these times. I, on the other hand, he added, smiling yet more hideously,
human
I thank you,
gpt
I shall reveal to you the true reason of your immunity for so long from the wrath of the people. It was because of Répentigny, not of yourself. I arranged it, and you were then unknown to me. Through him Bec and Caron, two friends of the people, had died six years ago, in the days of the tyrant. It was I, as avenger, not the worm Jude as lover, who watched over your household in the Rue Honoré, reserving Répentigny for prolonged punishment. It was I whose power surrounded you as it has surrounded all Paris.
human
Citizeness, last night I saw you for the first time. Your wonderful courage, your astonishing beauty, overcame the most martial of hearts.