human
The Commandant?
gpt
The Commandant is not in the castle. He is absent to-day.
human
Where?
gpt
They say the First Consul has business with him.
human
With me rather, thought Toussaint. He said aloud,
gpt
Then he is gone with my servant?
human
May be so. They went the same road; but that road leads to many places.
gpt
The road from Pontarlier?
human
Any road--all our roads here lead to many places,
gpt
Poor Mars Plaisir! thought Toussaint, as he carefully placed the wood so as to tempt the feeble blaze.
human
Our road has seemed the same for the last eight months; but it leads to widely different points. I rejoice for him that his has parted off to-day; and for myself, though it shows that I am near the end of mine. Is it this soldier, with comrades, who is to end me? Or is it this supper, better drugged than that of last night? Or will they wait to see whether solitude will kill a busy, ambitious Commander-in-Chief, as they think me?