human
Is there a horse to be had at Summer House?
gpt
Surely,
human
The news I can not give you is what I shall not, said he, laughing.
gpt
But there's plenty besides, and damned bad.
human
Bad?
gpt
Monstrous bad, John. For on my forest-running south from Chambly, I saw Sir John and his crew as they gained the Canadas! They seemed near dead, too, but they were full three hundred, and I but one, so I did not tarry to mark 'em with a stealthy bullet, but pulled foot for Saint Sacrement.
human
You know what is passing in Canada?
gpt
Nothing definite,
human
Listen, then. We had taken Chambly, Montreal, and St. John's. Arnold lay before Quebec. Sullivan commanded us. Six weeks ago he sent Hazen's regiment to Arnold. Then the Canadians and Indians struck us at the Cedars, and we lost five hundred men before we were out of it.
gpt
What was the reason for such disaster?
human
So Sullivan sends the Pennsylvania Line to strike 'em. St. Clair marches, Wayne marches, Irving follows with his regiment. Lord, how they were peppered, the Pennsylvania Line! And Thompson was taken, and Colonel Irving, and they wounded Anthony Wayne; and the Line ran!
gpt
Ran!