human
Go to our new guest, cried she to her ladies,
gpt
Good morrow, prince, cried she.
human
Pray, come and try your skill at this game with me; and you, she said to her ladies,
gpt
Well, prince, cried she as they began to play,
human
Doubtless you are very beautiful; then why should you mind my telling you that I have seen a woman lovelier than you?
gpt
Then, if you think there is a woman fairer than I, look at my beads, and now, that you see their colours in the sun, say if you ever saw such jewels before.
human
It is true I have never seen beads like yours, but I have a necklace here, which pleases me better;
gpt
What is that necklace, and where did you get it? Show it to me!
human
I like my necklace better than yours, Princess; and, believe me, there is no necklace like mine in all the world.
gpt
Why; is it a fairy necklace? What does it do? Pray give it to me! cried Fiorimonde, trembling with anger and curiosity, for she thought,
human
Perhaps it has power to make the wearer beautiful; perhaps it was worn by the woman whom he thought more beautiful than I, and that is why she looked so fair.
gpt
Come, I will make a fair exchange, said Gervaise.
human
Give me your necklace and you shall have mine, and when it is round your throat I will truthfully say that you are the fairest woman in the world; but first I must have your necklace.
gpt
Then he picked up the necklace on the point of his sword and carried it, slung thereon, into the council chamber.
human
Take it, then,