human
We will risk it. Those English Generals are inconceivable.
gpt
But a cannon or two--
human
If he think of them! Believe me, who have tried: you never know what an English General will do--or what his soldiers won't. Pile the trees higher, my braves--more than breast-high-- mountain-high if time serves! But this Abercromby comes from a land where the bees fly tail-foremost by rule.
gpt
With all submission, I would still recommend Crown Point.
human
Should he, by chance, think of planting a gun yonder, I feel sure that notion will exclude all others. We shall open the door and retreat on Crown Point unmolested.
gpt
I am not conducting his campaign for him, said his superior calmly.
human
God forbid! I once imagined myself in his predecessor's place, the Earl of Loudon's, and within twenty minutes France had lost Canada. I shudder at it still!