human
We pitched the Yankees over the bluff, and ask me in the next breath to go to the theater this evening. I turned on the poor fellow:
gpt
Don't tell me about your victories. You vowed by all your idols that the blockade would be raised by October 1, and I notice the ships are still serenely anchored below the city.
human
G., you are just as pertinacious yourself in championing your opinions. What sustains you when nobody agrees with you?
gpt
We are living as much packed up as possible. A signal has been agreed upon, and the instant the army approaches we shall be off to the country again.