human
Your humility is very prettily done, said she,
gpt
Ambition is not worth a true woman's pursuit,
human
Well said, St. Griselda--such an apothegm deserves applause. Ah, well, Miss Walsingham, perhaps you are right, but you are not wise. You will stick to your colonel in spite of my advice? You will give him your fortune, and live on your wits in future? Poor creature! However I will not reproach you; for, as St. Chrysostom wrote to Pentadia, 'I know your great and lofty soul, which can sail, as with a fair wind through many tempests, and in the midst of the waves enjoy a white calm.' You will depart on your Utopian enterprise, contented with the white calm of an approving conscience in the midst of the waves of starvation. Men are such beasts, they prefer the bold and grasping Kestral like myself to rewarding the fidelity of a ring-dove like Miss Walsingham.
gpt
Can you send me on that enterprise? Do you bring me news of Colonel Brand?
human
Yes, I can. When at Key West, a month ago, I saw Colonel Brand driving out with a friend. Does that please you?
gpt
Thank God!