human
Rebel, he said, without raising his voice,
gpt
I do not ask you if you will renounce your crime, and return to the service of your true lord. Pride, I know, survives honor in the heart of man, and you would refuse.
human
Prince, said Sandai,
gpt
So be it; I will send you back to the master of your choice, said Nagato.
human
You will set off alone, unaccompanied by page or squire; you will rejoin Hieyas, and say to him this: 'General Harounaga conquered us; but it was the Prince of Nagato who sank the junks which might have rescued us.'
gpt
Illustrious Daimio, said Sandai, without any sign of anger,
human
I am a general, and not a messenger. I may be guilty, but I am not a coward; I can endure merited insult without revolt, but I cannot survive it. Send some other messenger to Hieyas; and let him add to the tidings he bears the news of my death.