human
We love our gentle Queen, she said with feeling;
gpt
Whatever the customs of the country doth require, she answered without hesitation,
human
I shall have the strength, since it is for my people. Only, cara Madama di Thénouris, thou and the Zia will provide what is best--I cannot think about these things--they seem like trifles; till I grow stronger,
gpt
Nay, beloved Lady; they are but trifles; we will spare you thought of them, that the real matters may help the sooner to win your interest. But it will not be displeasing to your Majesty to see your maidens about you in robes of white--to hold a fairer memory of the infant King, in his innocence and charm, than these robes of woe?
human
Aye--it will be sweeter--mine also, cara Madama; since never can the grief be less. The Holy Mother, and my _figlio dilettissimo_--it is enough that they know. And it is for his people!