human
Cousin Richard, there is something you have not told us. I see it in your face.
gpt
I have told you really all about the pursuit and capture of these people, I replied, laughing.
human
You don't wish me, I hope, to relate all that occurred in regard to warrants, and bail, and custody of negroes; for really the worthy gentlemen's law-terms were beyond my comprehension.
gpt
You are insincere, as all men are with all women.
human
No, indeed, Bessy, I answered, taking the vacant seat by her side.
gpt
I have told you all that is necessary for you to know.
human
Well, perhaps you have. But I do hope, Cousin Richard, that you are not going to risk a valuable life against one that should only be ended by the hangman. There, I wont hear any more about it now, whether you are going to speak sincerely or insincerely. I look upon these things very differently from many of the girls in this neighbourhood. I look upon the men who fight duels as great fools or great villains, and think there are but two cases in which a man is bound to fight: one, when he has _received_ so great an injury, and the other when he has _inflicted_ so great an injury, that it is impossible for him and his opponent to live upon the same earth together.