human
Ah--eh! he exclaims, excitedly.
gpt
What's that? Liberty, did you say? Liberty? Mine's gone long ago. I'm but a poor slave--Shebotha's slave. I can never be free again; no, _never_!
human
You may be free now--this very moment--if you wish it.
gpt
If I wish it! Ha, ha, ha! That's a good joke! If I wish it! Only show me the way, and let Mam Shebotha go to--
human
Never mind Mam Shebotha. Listen to me, who am of the same race and people as yourself. There are some of them now near, who have come to take me home to my friends. You must have friends too, whom you left long ago. Why should you not go back to them?
gpt
he cries out, as if the sound of his native tongue had brought back to remembrance one of its most common exclamations, and along with it a desire to return to the place where he last heard it spoken.
human
Why should I not? If you say you'll take me, I will.
gpt
Ah! I'll not only take you, but be glad of your company. _Nos vamos_!