human
--
gpt
Speak, fellow, said the president in a totally different tone from that which he had hitherto used to the duke's son,
human
He is, my lord, on his shoulder; an undoubted _galérien_.
gpt
Enough! Stand down.
human
Prisoner, addressing St. Georges,
gpt
Nothing. Do your worst.
human
No justification of your quitting the galleys?
gpt
Nothing that you would accept as such. Yet this I will say: I did not escape of my own attempt; the galley I was in was sunk by an English admiral off their coast; almost all were lost. I was saved and taken back to England.
human
So! That may make a difference. What was the galley's name?
gpt
L'Idole.
human
This may be the truth. I had a nephew, an officer, on board L'Idole--she was sunk.
gpt
Allowing such to be the case, prisoner, how comes it you are back in France?
human
I desired to return, and took the first opportunity.
gpt
Ay, he did, suddenly roared out a voice in the court.
human
And ask him how he returned, my lord; ask him that!
gpt
Exempts, he cried,