human
Not to-night, Captain. Keep it for your first joy on awakening to-morrow morning.
gpt
We will read it together at breakfast.
human
You return to-night?
gpt
Yes, at once. It is growing late.
human
You will see Mademoiselle Sarpy and her father. You will thank them for their solicitude. Tell them that my thoughts are with them. If I live and secure my liberty, my first visit will be to them. If I die--
gpt
Die, Captain, die! exclaimed Batoche in a ringing voice that startled Pauline and her father.
human
A soldier does not die thus. All is not lost. We shall fight side by side again. A young man does not die thus. Death is for old men like me. A glorious future is before you. Die? You will not die, Captain Singleton. You must live for the sake of your parents and relatives in the old home of the South, and you must not break the hearts of these two Canadian girls, whose happiness hangs upon yours.