human
What proud 'deevils' they are, said Sir David Lyndsay to the king after the northern company had departed.
gpt
I have been through the MacNab country from one end of it to the other, and there is not a decent hut on the hillside, let alone a castle fit to entertain a king, yet the chief gives an invitation in the heat of wine, and when he is sobered, he is too proud to admit that he cannot make good the words he has uttered.
human
That very thing is troubling me, replied the king,
gpt
But that too will offend him beyond repair,
human
Well, we must just lay our heads together, Davie, answered the king,
gpt
Would you trust yourself, unaccompanied, among those wild caterans? One doesn't know what they might do.
human
I wish I were as safe in Stirling as I should be among the MacNabs,
gpt
His majesty, said the head commissioner,
human
Tell his majesty, replied MacNab with dignity,
gpt
I can do nothing further, he said.
human
Return to MacNab and tell him that the Pope's legate desires to visit the Priory on Loch Tay. Tell the chief that we will take the boat along the lake on the day arranged. Say that the foreigners are anxious to taste the venison of the hills, and that nothing could be better than to give us a dinner under the trees. Tell him that he need not be at any trouble to provide us lodging, for we shall return to the Island Priory and there sleep.