human
Come here,
gpt
What is the cause of this laughter? asked Pichegru.
human
The people are not insulting the condemned men, are they?
gpt
Quite on the contrary, general, they are pitying them.
human
But what is the meaning of those bursts of laughter then?
gpt
It is not their fault, general; he would make a mile-stone laugh!
human
Who?
gpt
The surgeon Figeac, who is to be guillotined; he is cracking so many jokes from the top of the cart that even the condemned men are convulsed with laughter.
human
The time seems to me rather ill-chosen for mirth,
gpt
Well, he seems to have found a laughable side to death.