human
That was Marin Rizzo, Counsellor to the Queen; a man of power--unscrupulous.
gpt
And more a friend--I have heard it whispered in Nikosia--to Naples than to Cyprus.
human
Hast evidence for thy speech?
gpt
It is for that we must watch; the time is threatening.
human
But Messer Andrea Cornaro was with him: he will know how to guard the interests of the Queen, having been so great a favorite with our Janus, and one for management, despite his courtly ways! Without our Messer Andrea, his niece had never been our Queen.
gpt
Nay--nor if His Holiness had had his will. I had the tale from a source to trust, though the story was kept hushed. It would take one like our Janus, with his royal ways, to scorn the flattering offers of His Holiness! There were also threats!
human
Nay; threats would never move him, except to see the comedy thereof and make his mood the pleasanter! But I had not dreamed him saint enough for the Holy Father to sue to him for an alliance.
gpt
Ah, friend, the ways of those above us be strange! But it was for this, I take it, that His Holiness--who hath a temper most uncommon earthly--sent none to represent him at the Coronation of the King.
human
It lacked for naught in splendor; it was a day for Cyprus and for Nikosia.