human
And what say you of the events which have taken place since we parted? Had you ever dreamed them possible?
gpt
No! was the short, morose answer.
human
I was quite of the contrary opinion.
gpt
And so was I! We judged wrongly, as it appears! This is the tame, patient, unpractical nation of thinkers! But I always said that in every one of these Germans lay hidden something of the bearish nature, and this seems now to have broken out all at once, among the whole people. It is no longer a struggle with changing fortunes; they throw down and crush all that comes in their way. An unblest success!
human
But we are not at the end yet, said Alison coldly.
gpt
The Emperor's mercenary hordes are beaten, but the republic summon the whole land to arms; nation now stands arrayed against nation. We shall yet see if the German bear does not at last find his master!
human
I wish he would find him! growled Atkins surlily.
gpt
I wish he could be driven back over his Rhine, so that the intoxication and pride of victory might for all time be taken from him, and he again learn to dance tamely and patiently as when--