human
It was sure to come, said Margaret.
gpt
The duke's bravery led him always into danger. It is God's will, and it must be right.
human
Did--did Sir Max come with you?
gpt
My mother knows all, Sir Karl, said the princess, reassuringly.
human
There have been many things which I could not have done without her help. I have made many rapid changes, Sir Karl, from a princess to a burgher girl, and back again, and I should have failed without my mother's help. I surely mystified you often before you knew of the stairway in the wall. Indeed, I have often hurried breathless to Uncle Castleman's house to deceive you. Mother invented a burgher girl's costume that I used to wear as an under-bodice and petticoat, so, you see, I have been visiting you in my petticoats. I will show you some fine day--perhaps. I have but to unfasten a half-score of hooks, and off drops the princess--I am Yolanda! I throw a skirt over my head, fasten the hooks of a bodice, don my head-dress, and behold! the princess once more. Only a moment intervenes between happiness and wretchedness. But tell me, Sir Karl, have you ever told Sir Max who I am?
gpt
Never, Your Highness--
human
Yolanda,
gpt
Never, Yolanda, I responded.
human
He does not even suspect that you are the princess. I shall be true to you. You know what you are doing.
gpt
Indeed I do, Sir Karl, she replied.
human
I shall win or lose now in a short time and in short skirts. If Max will wed me as Yolanda, I shall be the happiest girl on earth. If not, I shall be the most wretched. If he learns that I am the princess, and if I must offer him the additional inducement of my estates and my domains to bring him to me, I shall not see him again, Sir Karl, if I die of grief for it.