human
Are you ready, citizen?
gpt
Whenever you are,
human
Have you anything to say?
gpt
No; but I have a few favors to ask.
human
As I told you, anything in my power I will grant.
gpt
Thank you, captain.
human
We may serve under different flags, said he,
gpt
First, I want you to take off these cords which make me look like a galley-slave.
human
You are right, said the captain.
gpt
Unbind the prisoner.
human
Ah! exclaimed the count, stretching out his arms, and shaking himself beneath his mantle,
gpt
And now?
human
I want to give the word of command.
gpt
You shall give it. And then?
human
I should like to send some souvenir to my family.
gpt
You know that we are forbidden to take any letters from political prisoners who are condemned to death; but anything else, yes.
human
I do not wish to give you any trouble on that score. Here is my compatriot Charles, who, as you have already promised, is to accompany me to the place of execution; he will undertake to deliver something to my family; let it be, not a letter, but an article that has belonged to me--my old foraging cap, for instance.