human
I am Captain Adairs, Mississippi Volunteer Cavalry, said the Confederate officer, with a salute, which the others promptly returned.
gpt
Who is in command of those Union troops?
human
I am in command,
gpt
Major Dexter Lyon,
human
Well, Major Lyon, I reckon you know we have you in a pretty tight box,
gpt
Is that so?
human
We have. Ahead is nothing but swamp and quicksand, and back here my command hold the defile and the entire elevation.
gpt
You must have your company pretty well spread out,
human
I have more than one company with me--fully enough men to hold the spot. So you see you are entirely cut off.
gpt
Cut off from where?
human
The outside world, so to speak,
gpt
If we are, that's rather bad for us, Captain,
human
It is. The question is, are you willing to surrender?
gpt
To whom?
human
Why, to me, of course.
gpt
Great Cæsar, Captain, what for?
human
What for? Because you can't help yourself, that's what for! and now the veneering of gentlemanliness vanished.
gpt
I call on you to surrender. If you won't, I'll open fire on you in less than five minutes.
human
Make it ten minutes, Captain,
gpt
Ten minutes?