human
Poor boy! it wrings my heart with grief to hear it! exclaimed the stranger, as they neared the shore:
gpt
I cannot believe him guilty.
human
Nor I neither, said the Captain.
gpt
I have in vain endeavoured to discover the place of his imprisonment, and would risk all to save him. It is reported that the Minister has determined to punish many more, either by banishment to the coast of Africa, or by death; but, without interest, as I am, I could do nothing till your arrival, for which I have anxiously waited. Our only chance of success is by an appeal to the Minister himself.
human
To the Minister we will appeal, then, said the stranger;
gpt
I have some hope through him. He will scarcely refuse the first petition of an old and long-lost friend.
human
We have not a moment to lose; for Sebastiao Joze is a man both quick to think and to execute, and even now my young friend may be embarking for Angola,