human
Say, I wish I had been with you two fellows, old man, said Ben Foster.
gpt
You have got the bulge on the rest of us, and that isn't fair. You have already encountered the redcoats and had adventures with them, while the rest of us have had to stay cooped up here in the city.
human
You boys will get all the adventure you want, one of these days, I think, smiled Dick.
gpt
There is going to be a battle over on Long Island sooner or later, and then you will get all the fighting you want.
human
Hurroo! cried Tim Murphy,
gpt
Yah, ve vill fighd lige eferyting, declared Fritz Schmockenburg.
human
Ve are nod avraid uf der retgoads, und dot is so.
gpt
How soon will the battle take place, Dick?
human
As to that I cannot say, Ben, he replied.
gpt
But it will come soon enough, without doubt, for the British have twenty-five thousand soldiers, while we have not more than eighteen thousand.
human
That is pretty big odds,
gpt
So it is, agreed Dick.
human
But the patriots will give a good account of themselves when the time comes, I feel certain.
gpt
Yah, ve vill gif ein goot accound mit mysellufs,
human
Just listen to thot, wull yez? remarked Tim, scathingly.
gpt
Shure an' there is agotism fur yez!
human
Well, I hope all of us will always give a good account of ourselves, said Dick, quietly.
gpt
And I believe we will.
human
We'll try to, Dick,