human
Do you mean that Polly and I are prisoners?
gpt
I'm afraid I do mean that, Claudia,
human
Are you not ashamed, Jack Drogue, to tell me to my face such barbarous news! she cried.
gpt
You, a gentleman, to consort with vulgar bandits who make prisoners of women! What do you think of your Boston friends now? What do you think of your blacksmith generals and 'pothecary colonels----
human
Polly! Be silent! entreated Claudia, shaking her arm.
gpt
Is this a decent manner to conduct when the fortune of war fails to suit your tastes?
human
No one is like to harm us, I take it. We are not in personal danger, are we?
gpt
Good Lord!
human
Well, then! she said in a lively voice to Lady Johnson, who had turned her back on me in sullen rage,
gpt
I shall not go thither! stormed Lady Johnson, pacing her chamber like a very child in the tantrums;
human
I shall not deign to inhabit any city which is held by dirty rebels----
gpt
But we shall drive them out first! insisted Claudia, with an impudent look at me.
human
Surely, dear, Albany will soon be a proper city to reside in; General Howe has said it;--and so we had best address a polite letter to Mr. Washington, requesting a safe conduct thither and a flag----
gpt
I shall not write a syllable to the arch-rebel Washington! stormed Lady Johnson.
human
And I tell you plainly, Jack, I expect to have my throat cut before this shameful business is ended!
gpt
You had best conduct sensibly, both of you, said I bluntly;
human
John! faltered Lady Johnson,
gpt
I merely beg you to consider what you say before you say it, Polly Johnson! You speak to a rebel of 'dirty' rebels and 'arch' rebels; you conduct as though we, who hold another opinion than that entertained by you, were the scum and offscouring of the earth.
human
I meant it not as far as it concerns you, John Drogue,