human
This--this is all I have been able to do with him thus far, she faltered.
gpt
It is not enough. But I did it for you!
human
Madam, this is more than all America has been able to do before! This has not been made public?
gpt
No, no! It is not enough. But to-night I shall make him surrender all--all north, to the very ice, for America, for the democracy! See, now, I was born to be devoted, immolated, after all, as my mother was before me. That is fate! But I shall make fate pay! Ah, Monsieur! Ah, Monsieur!
human
I can get it all for you, you and yours! she reiterated, holding out her hands, the little pink fingers upturned, as was often her gesture.
gpt
You shall go to your chief and tell him that Mr. Polk was right--that you yourself, who taught Helena von Ritz what life is, taught her that after all she was a woman--are able, because she was a woman, to bring in your own hands all that country, yes, to fifty-four forty, or even farther. I do not know what all can be done. I only know that a fool will part with everything for the sake of his body.