human
Ah, Dennis Deventer, said Ricciotti, starting up and embracing Hugh on both cheeks.
gpt
I owe much to your father, more than I am likely to pay for some while. He took our word for it that the chassepots for the new troops would be paid for, even though he knows that the Government is likely to fall into the hands of those who hate us. Also the new twelve-pounders--Menotti, brother, what shall we do for this man's son?
human
I must stay with my comrade, Angus Cawdor, put in Hugh Deventer.
gpt
He is far more clever than I am, and I should be lost without him. I am only a boy, but he----
human
Has the thoughts of a man--I see, interrupted Menotti, who had been considering us from under his hand without speaking.
gpt
I think it would be no kindness to add two recruits of such mettle to the number of the admirably combed and pressed young gentlemen in the anteroom out there. You had better take them, Ricciotti. You will be sure to find old Manteuffel hammering away at you on your return to Dijon, and the lads can take bite and sup with the 'Enfants.' Since they speak Italian no explanations need be made. They can be fitted out by the commissariat adjutant.
human
The favour is an unusual one, brother. There will be grumbling.
gpt
The circumstances are unusual, and so are the lads. There is but one Dennis Deventer, and we must do the best we can for his son.