human
Neighbor, he said,
gpt
May it be for good, neighbor?
human
But I have come because I have something to talk to you about.
gpt
Talk on, neighbor, and the more the better.
human
You must know, then, that my wind-mill of a Ventura has taken it into his head to go and get his hide pierced by those French savages, confound them!
gpt
Gently, gently, neighbor; kill an enemy in fair fight, but do not curse him. Perico also was thinking of the same thing. It is bitter, old friend, it is cruel for us, but it is natural.
human
I do not say the contrary, my friend. _Bad luck to the traitors!_ but, in short, he is my only son, and I would not lose him; no, not for all Spain. I have found but one means to keep him at home and am come to tell you what that is.