human
Comrades, for mercy's sake despatch me! despatch me!
gpt
Long live the Republic!
human
Is this the first time that you have ever seen a battlefield?
gpt
No, general,
human
Where have you seen one before?
gpt
In Tacitus--that of Teutberg, with Germanicus and Cecina.
human
Ah, yes, replied Pichegru,
gpt
I remember: it is when Germanicus, just before he reaches the forest, finds the eagle of the nineteenth legion which was lost with Varus.
human
And do you remember that passage, general, which I understand so well now--'All the army were filled with pity as they thought of relatives, friends, the chances of war, and the destiny of men'?
gpt
Yes, said Pichegru.
human
I remember it, general, said Charles;
gpt
Well done, Charles, said Pichegru;
human
General, asked Charles,
gpt
Don't you see the surgeons who are going from one to the other, regardless of whether they are friends or enemies? We have gained at least this much in eighteen hundred years of civilization; we do not cut the throats of prisoners upon the altars of Teutates, as in the time of Armin and Marbod.
human
And, said Charles,
gpt
Do you think, said Pichegru, laughing,