human
Impossible,
gpt
Nevertheless, it is so,
human
But he would never dare!
gpt
It is the Hussars of Death themselves who are guarding the gate and who will not allow it to be shut.
human
The Kehl gate?
gpt
The Kehl gate.
human
The very one that faces the enemy?
gpt
Yes, that very one.
human
In spite of my formal order?
gpt
In spite of your formal order.
human
And what reason have the Hussars of Death given for preventing that gate from being closed at three o'clock, when there is a formal order that all the gates of Strasbourg shall be shut at that hour under pain of death to him who prevents it?
gpt
They say that the Commissioner of the Republic is to return to the city by that gate with his betrothed.
human
Euloge Schneider's betrothed? The betrothed of the Monk of Cologne?
gpt
If you are looking for me, citizen Saint-Just, here I am,
human
Yes, come here! Have you heard that your Greek professor is about to be married?
gpt
It would take too long to tell you what I think.
human
No, tell me, said Saint-Just, laughing;