human
Is not this admirable? said Monsieur Pascal.
gpt
The secret has actually been kept that the Commissary is on his way to the water side. See! the cultivators are pressing on in this direction. They think he is here. If they knew where he was, they might catch him. As it is, I believe he will escape.
human
Oh! are they coming here? Oh, my poor grandfather!
gpt
Fear nothing, said Afra.
human
They will presently learn that there is nothing to come here for. Will they not, Monsieur Pascal?
gpt
No doubt: and if not, there is nothing to fear, I believe. Not a shot has been fired yet, but from the alarm gun.
human
Oh, how it echoed from the Haut-du-Cap! cried Afra.
gpt
I wonder what the cultivators understood by it. See! my father's barge! There is fighting there, surely.