human
The battle has begun again,
gpt
It stirs your blood, doesn't it?
human
Not to-day.
gpt
You don't mean it?
human
Certainly. Why get excited when you know the end before it begins.
gpt
You know it?
human
Yes.
gpt
Victory?
human
Victory for a pompous braggart who could write that address to an army reflecting on the men who fought Lee and Jackson before Richmond with such desperate courage?
gpt
You are sure of defeat then?
human
Absolutely.
gpt
General McClellan is counting on Pope's defeat to-day?
human
Yes.
gpt
Then it's true that he is not really trying to help him?
human
Why should he wish to sacrifice his brave men under the leadership of a fool?
gpt
He is, in fact, defying the orders of the President, isn't he?
human
You might say that if you strain a point,