human
Max--Max, for the love of God answer me if you hear!
gpt
Let me have one moment's speech with him, only one moment. I will pay you a thousand crowns the day I am liberated if you grant me this favor.
human
No one is with you, the man replied.
gpt
I would willingly earn the thousand crowns, but if they are to be paid when you are liberated, I fear I should starve waiting for them.