human
To-day I come to you. I am trained in all things pertaining to science; I speak five languages equally well; I can pass for German, Russian, English, or French. I can penetrate in any disguise into towns, fortresses and headquarters; I can give news of everything, for I can draw plans. No material obstacle can stop me; ten times, when I was a child, I swam across the Vistula. In short, I am no longer a man, I am a thing; I call myself no longer Stephan Moinjki, but Vengeance!
gpt
And do you wish to be a spy?
human
Do you call that man a spy who is fearless, and who by his intelligence can do the most harm to the enemy?
gpt
Yes.
human
Then I wish to be a spy.
gpt
Do you know that you risk being shot if you are caught?
human
Like my father.
gpt
Or hanged?
human
Like my brother.
gpt
The least that can happen to you is to be whipped. Do you know that?
human
As I have been,
gpt
Remember that I offer you a place in my army as a lieutenant, or as an interpreter.
human
And you, citizen-general, must remember that I, finding myself unworthy, have refused. In condemning me they have put me outside the pale of manhood. Well, I will strike them secretly.
gpt
Very well. And now, what do you want?
human
Some money to buy other clothes, and your orders.