human
That is a good thought; let us try it,
gpt
What is? I asked;
human
I did not hear.
gpt
Why, answered Billy Byles,
human
Captain Wilson proposes we should go down to the old block-house, erected in revolutionary times to defend the river, and where the prisoners are confined, and examine them as to what became of Miss Bessy. Those we took at Doctor Blunt's must be the same who passed over the ground where you left her; and the devils will tell at the first question, for they have all got a looseness of tongue which prevents them from having any concealments. That is the difference between an Irishman and a negro; the one, pretending to tell all, tells nothing, for fear he should hurt himself or his hundred-and-fiftieth cousin; the other tells everything, without caring whether he implicates his own life or that of a dozen more.
gpt
Let us go, I cried, seizing upon the suggestion eagerly; for I was a drowning man, and a straw seemed some support.
human
Which is the way to this place?