human
Nothing, he said impatiently;
gpt
Be patient for a few moments more, said Faxibo;
human
But the others! There were forty of them, and not one has returned! If he has escaped me again, it is maddening.
gpt
Perhaps you exaggerate the man's importance, said Faxibo.
human
It is a love-affair that attracts him to Kioto; his head is full of follies.
gpt
So you think; and I confess that this man terrifies me, said the Regent vehemently, pausing before Faxibo.
human
No one ever knows what he is doing; you think him here, he is there. He outwits the most cunning spies: one declares that he followed him to Kioto, another swears that he has not lost sight of him for an instant, and that he has hot left Osaka; all his friends supped with him, while he was fighting on his return from the Miako[1] with men stationed by me. I think him asleep, or busy with his own affairs: one of my schemes is on the eve of success; his hand descends upon me at the last, moment. The empire would long since have been ours if it had not been for him; my partisans are numerous, but his are no less strong, and he has the right on his side. Stay: that plan which I had so skilfully arranged to rid the country, under the guise of accident, of a sovereign without talent and without energy,--that plan which was to throw the power into my hands,--who frustrated it? Who was the accursed coachman who urged that infernal team across the bridge? Nagato! He, always he. However, added Hieyas,
gpt
I told you what I was able to discover, said Faxibo.
human
Fide-Yori exclaimed at the moment of the crash: 'Omiti, you were right!'
gpt
Omiti! Who is Omiti? I do not know the name.