human
Pierriche --meaning her husband--
gpt
What was it?
human
Well, he said that after he had been in the city a little while, and sold what was in his sleigh, he thought he would take a stroll into Lower Town. There he met a lot of his friends, and one of his cousins from Levis. And they told him....
gpt
What did they tell him?
human
Well, you know all the boats were taken away from the other side of the river, but these men were so frightened that they ran down the bank till they came opposite the Isle of Orleans. Then making a kind of raft with a few logs they got over to the Island. There they found boats which took them to the city. And they immediately spread the news of what they had seen.
gpt
What had they seen? queried the excited women.
human
You are provoking, Matilde, with your long story.
gpt
You will not believe me.
human
I'll believe everything,
gpt
I'll believe nothing,
human
Never mind what we will believe. Only tell us what it is,
gpt
Well, they told Pierriche that these Bastonnais are terrible men, tall and strong. They suffer neither cold nor heat. Nothing can hurt them, neither powder, nor ball.
human
And why not?
gpt
Because....