human
Do you both agree, gentlemen, to leave the form of the letter with me?
gpt
MONSIEUR,--It is with great pleasure that I consent to testify in your favour against certain injurious rumours affecting your reputation and family name, which have been circulated by unauthorised persons in the name of my household. You have clearly proven to me that the rumours in question are calumnies without any foundation, and I am sincerely affected concerning the pain they have given you.
human
There is my award, he pronounced.
gpt
It is, in my opinion, all that one gentleman ought to demand of another. Do you consider it fair each of you?
human
Then sign it, Mr. de Léry,
gpt
Are you satisfied?
human
Perfectly, your Excellency.