human
Very good, very good; I am with you; not merely as an adviser; no, no. Head, and hand, and foot, from crown to heel! And as for you, young man --as for you! I always saw the stuff that was in you in spite--in spite. --But, as surely as man is the standard of all things, those who reach the stronghold of virtue by a winding road are often better citizens than those who are born in it.--It is growing late, but evensong will not yet have begun and I shall still be able to see the abbess. Have you any plan to propose?
gpt
Yes; the day after to-morrow at this hour. . . .
human
And why not to-morrow?
gpt
Because I have preparations to make which cannot be done in twelve hours of daylight.
human
Good! Good!
gpt
The day after to-morrow at dusk, a large barge--not one of ours--will be lying by the bank at the foot of the convent garden. I will escort the sisters as far as Doomiat on the Lake. I will send on a mounted messenger to-night, and I will charter a ship for the fugitives by the help of my cousin Columella, the greatest ship-owner of that town. That will take them over seas wherever the abbess may command.
human
Capital, splendid!