human
How came you here, gentlemen? Are you residents in the colony?
gpt
If we had been, we should not have lost ourselves, as you perceive we have done. We are sent by the Captain-General to parley, as a last hope of avoiding the collision which the Captain-General deprecates. Here are our credentials, by which you will discover our names,--Lieutenant Martin, pointing to his companion,
human
It is too late for negotiation, gentlemen, said L'Ouverture,
gpt
It is too late, gentlemen. You may thank your own commanders for compelling me to run no more risks--for having made trust in a French officer's honour a crime to my own people. You may have heard and seen so much that I am compelled to hold you prisoners. As I have no proof, however, that you are spies, your lives are safe.