human
What? demanded Aaron Burr once more.
gpt
Could a few francs transfer all that marvelous country from Spain to France? That were absurd. By what possible title could that region yonder ever come to this republic? It is still more absurd to think that. Civilization does not leap across great river valleys. It follows them. You have said rightly, Señor Yrujo. To my mind Great Britain has laid fair grasp upon the upper West; and Spain holds the lower West, with which our statesmen have interested themselves of late. By all the rights of conquest, discovery, and use, gentlemen, Great Britain's traders have gained for her flag all the territory which they have reached on their Western trading routes. I go with you that far.
human
I begin to see, said he,
gpt
Not open to conviction, said Aaron Burr,
human
What do you mean, Colonel Burr?
gpt
I mean that perhaps I have something to say to you two gentlemen of the foreign courts which will be of interest and importance to you.
human
Where, then, could we meet after this is over?
gpt
At my residence, after this dinner, rejoined Aaron Burr instantly. His eye did not waver as it looked into the other's, but blazed with all the fire of his own soul.
human
Across the Alleghanies, along the great river, there is a land waiting, ready for strong men. Are we such men, gentlemen? And can we talk freely as such among ourselves?