human
Ah, Giulio, said Beatrice, after a pause, and looking up at him through her tears,
gpt
Dear Beatrice, murmured the count, tenderly, and he again kissed her forehead.
human
So, he continued, more carelessly,--
gpt
I think so. You remind me that I have an appointment with him this day: it is near the hour,--I must leave you.
human
To learn the secret?---Quick, quick. I have no fear of your success, if it is by his heart that you lead him!
gpt
You mistake; on his heart I have no hold. But he has a friend who loves me, and honourably, and whose cause he pleads. I think here that I have some means to control or persuade him. If not--ah, he is of a character that perplexes me in all but his worldly ambition; and how can we foreigners influence him through THAT?
human
Is he poor, or is he extravagant?
gpt
Not extravagant, and not positively poor, but dependent.
human
Then we have him, said the count, composedly.
gpt
If his assistance be worth buying, we can bid high for it. /Sur mon ame/, I never yet knew money fail with any man who was both worldly and dependent. I put him and myself in your hands.