human
My men, he said,
gpt
Should we not first send out a spy?
human
It is well thought on. Choose you a man, and bid him take this woman for a guide. Let him stab her if she prove false. Do you gather together our fighters, went on the priest, turning to another,
gpt
Shall you venture yourself, Excellency?
human
Shall I not! cried La Salle, his hot blood afire for one more fight and one more triumph.
gpt
I fear we shall find but poor sport, but such as it is I shall take my share. Break up yonder circle of madmen, and order them to make ready. Hasten, so that we may have our hunt, and be ready to receive the ship when she sails out of the fog.
human
I go not, cried Onawa, furiously resisting the soldiers who would have forced her away. She broke from them, ran to La Salle, and fell upon her knees, panting:
gpt
I go with you, that I may fight with you, and die for you.
human
The woman has yet to learn a soldier's discipline, said La Salle coldly.
gpt
Secure a rope round her, and if she prove obstinate let her feel the end of it.
human
Now, my brave comrades! To arms!