human
I think I knew your mother, and my daughter has told me about you, she said.
gpt
I am glad to see you.
human
You are very kind, Malipieri answered, raising her hand to his lips, which encountered a large, cool sapphire.
gpt
I have had the pleasure of meeting Donna Sabina several times.
human
Yes, I know. The Princess laughed.
gpt
Sit down here beside me, and tell me all about your strange adventure. You are really the man I mean, are you not? she asked, still smiling.
human
Your mother was a Gradenigo?
gpt
Yes. My father is alive. You may have met him, though he rarely leaves Venice.
human
I think I have, years ago, but I am not sure. Does he never come to Rome?
gpt
He is an invalid now, Malipieri explained gravely.
human
He cannot leave the house.
gpt
Indeed? I am very sorry. It must be dreadful to be an invalid. I was never ill in my life. But now that we have made acquaintance, do tell me all about last night I Were you really in danger, as Sabina thinks, or is she exaggerating?
human
There was certainly no exaggeration in saying that we were in great danger, as matters have turned out, Malipieri answered.
gpt
Of the two men who knew that we were in the vault, one is lying insensible, with a fractured skull, in the hospital of the Consolazione, and the other has been arrested by a mistake and is in prison. Besides, both of them would have had every reason to suppose that we had got out.
human
Sabina did not tell me that. How awful! I must know all the details, please!