human
From what direction?
gpt
Yonder,
human
How far?
gpt
The wind carried it, was the reply.
human
It must be three miles distant at least.
gpt
Let us go!
human
No, interposed the major;
gpt
But if Mulready has fallen beneath the shots of these wretches!
human
We shall know to-morrow,
gpt
You cannot leave the encampment, my lord, said Captain Mangles;
human
I will go alone.
gpt
No! cried MacNabb, with energy.
human
Will you have us, then, perish singly, diminish our numbers, and be left to the mercy of these criminals? If Mulready has been their victim, it is a calamity that we must not repeat a second time. He has gone according to lot. If the lot had chosen me, I should have gone like him, but should neither have asked nor expected any assistance.