human
My fate is in your hands, said the youth opening the conversation in high good humor.
gpt
You promised to give me your advice after you had set your eyes on those gentlemen yonder, and now I have come to receive it.
human
Yes, said the father,
gpt
What does M. Le Superieur say?
human
He thoroughly appreciates the gravity of the situation. He believes there will be a siege, perhaps a bloody one, certainly a long one. He has strong opinions about the duty of every able-bodied man assisting in the defence of the city. The young children he will send back to their parents, but, at eighteen, Eugene ought to be accounted a man. He would remain at the Seminary, one of the safest asylums in the city, always under the eye of his tutors, and his studies would not be interrupted. But he might do some minor military service all the same, and in the event of a great emergency could help to swell the ranks of the troops. The Superior thinks that practically he would be more secure within the city than out of it. At home, he might be harassed by solicitations from the enemy, and draw down upon us a great deal of annoyance.
gpt
And, added her father,
human
What does Eugene think about it? Surely if he is old enough to fight, he ought to be old enough to know his own mind and to be consulted.