human
I am glad to find that your foreign travel has given you habits of punctuality and early rising, he observed;
gpt
I was anxious to thank your Excellency for the aid you afforded me last night, returned Don Luis;
human
Ah! that reminds me that you need not be detained in Lisbon to appear as a witness against the ruffians. They did not intend to take your life, it appears, but mistook you for another person; however, a few weeks' imprisonment will benefit them; and I conclude that you do not intend to remain long away from Court. The king looks with a jealous eye on those who absent themselves, wishing to see himself, as he ought to be, surrounded by his nobles, who seem often to forget that they but hold their rank from him, and that, at his pleasure, they may again become mere commoners.
gpt
My movements will depend entirely on my father's will, answered Don Luis;
human
Your father is a man I much esteem, said the Minister;
gpt
Offer my compliments to your father, and say I must request he will not detain you long away, for I feel confident that his majesty will wish to give you some employment suitable to your rank, and the high talents I know you to possess.
human
Ambassadors, he observed,