human
This fête of the casting will be a grand ceremony,
gpt
Undoubtedly, said Barbicane;
human
What! will you not open the gates of the enclosure to all comers?
gpt
I must be very careful, Maston. The casting of the Columbiad is an extremely delicate, not to say a dangerous operation, and I should prefer its being done privately. At the discharge of the projectile, a fête if you like—till then, no!