human
Sixty miles. At the rate of fifteen miles a day, it will take Mr. Arnold four days to reach Levis. This is the seventh, is it not? Then, on the eleventh, we may expect that gentleman's visit.
gpt
Arnold will make two forced marches of thirty miles each, Your Excellency, and arrive opposite this city in two days. This is the seventh; on the ninth, we shall see his vanguard on the heights of Levis.
human
Ho! Ho! And is that the way the jolly rebel is carrying on? He must have had a wonderful run of luck all at once. The last we heard from him, his men had mutinied and were about to disband.
gpt
That was because they were starving.
human
And have they been filled, forsooth?
gpt
They have, sir.
human
By whom?
gpt
By our own people at Sertigan and further along the Chaudière.
human
But horses? They are known to have lost them all in the wilderness.
gpt
They have been replaced.
human
Not by our own people, surely.
gpt
Yes, sir, by our own people.
human
Impossible. Our poor farmers have been robbed and plundered by these rascals.
gpt
Excuse me, Your Excellency, but these rascals pay and pay largely for whatever they require.
human
In coin?
gpt
No, sir, in paper.
human
Their Continental paper?
gpt
The same.
human
Rags, vile rags.
gpt
That may be. But our farmers accept them all the same and freely.