human
Thanks, captain,
gpt
At your service, boy; at your service. A mouthful, citizen Sainte-Hermine?
human
A thousand thanks, captain; I never drink it.
gpt
Only, continued the latter,
human
No.
gpt
You will not mislay it?
human
No, no; do not worry.
gpt
And you will give it to my brother yourself?
human
Yes, myself.
gpt
Try to. Then you must tell him how I died, and he will say: 'I had a brave brother; when my turn comes I will die like him'; and, if his turn comes, he will die like me.
human
Citizen, said the captain,
gpt
Captain, said the latter,
human
If it is in my power to do so.
gpt
It only depends upon you.
human
What is it?
gpt
Well, it may be a weakness, but it will remain between ourselves, will it not? When I die I should like to embrace a compatriot. We are both children of the Jura, this young boy and I; our families live in Besançon, and are on a friendly footing. Some day he will go home, and tell how he met me by chance, how he followed me up to the last moment, and saw me die.
human
Why, he said,
gpt
I do not suppose that it will give him much pleasure, but it will please me.
human
I see no objection, and, since you, the person most interested, ask it--
gpt
It is granted,
human
Granted,