human
No, thank you, the senior lieutenant, in passable English, declined the invitation to enter. He unconcernedly kept his cigar alive at such times that the mob drowned his voice.
gpt
We are on the way back to our ship. Our commander conferred with the English and Dutch commanders; but they declined to cooperate, so our commander has undertaken the entire responsibility. We have been the round of the hotels. They are to hold their own until daybreak, when we'll take them off. We have given them rockets such as these.--Take them. If your house is entered, hold your own and send up a rocket from the roof. We can be here in force, in forty-five minutes. Steam is up in all our launches, launch crews and marines for shore duty are in the launches, and at the first rocket we shall start.
human
Since you are going aboard now, we should like to go with you,
gpt
Oh, no, Davies laughed.
human
We don't want refuge. We have friends fifty miles up river, and we want to get to the river in order to go up after them.
gpt
Since our commander has undertaken grave responsibility on a night like this, may we do less than take minor responsibility?