human
Save me, Joseph! save me!
gpt
I will use all my efforts for that, Mme. la Viscomtesse.
human
Not yet, responded Joseph.
gpt
I have foreseen this and have prepared everything to save you, Mme. la Viscomtesse, if you will but let me make myself well understood.
human
Oh, all, all! Do _thou_ understand, Joseph, I will do everything thou desirest.
gpt
Then, he said, regarding me fixedly and halting at each word--
human
My son!
gpt
Oh, you see, replied Joseph,
human
Let me speak, madame, he said.
gpt
We have not a moment to lose. Yes, we will present ourselves at the mayoralty, and there I will espouse you, not as Claudine Leroy, but as Alix de Morainville. Once my wife you have nothing to fear. Having become one of the people, the people will protect you. After the ceremony, madame, I will hand you the certificate of our marriage, and you will tear it up the moment we shall have touched the soil of England. Keep it precious till then; it is your only safeguard. Nothing prevents me from going to England to find employment, and necessarily my wife will go with me. Are you ready, madame?
human
My noble child!