human
What did you say?
gpt
Come, come, corporal, said Sergeant Gotsuchakoff, interposing,
human
You don't sleep, he said, observing that the young soldier moved frequently.
gpt
Thinking of home, like me, no doubt?
human
That was all nonsense, said the youth sharply,
gpt
Of course it was. Do you think I was going to give a straight answer to a fool like Shoveloff?
human
But you _have_ left a mother behind you, I suppose?
gpt
No, lad, no; my mother died when I was but a child, and has left naught but the memory of an angel on my mind.