human
Do you know who sent this, gentlemen?
gpt
We are not gentlemen, and we do not know,
human
It was a high personage, rowers--no less a personage than a prince--a royal prince.
gpt
What have _we_ to do with princes?
human
With the Duke of Orleans, much; rival to the throne, he is the friend of the people.
gpt
Ah, yes, the friend of the people, and he wants us for something. That is a good contract, the Admiral interrupted.
human
Whose windpipe does he want to cut, and what does he promise to pay for it?
gpt
Nothing so risky; only some shouting, and as for the pay, here, Admiral, is the nose of the dog,