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20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Be careful, said Leon anxiously."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't try anything like that yet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I guess it is not as well as I thought, admitted Armande with a wry smile."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It will be sound soon though."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who is going to review us, do you suppose?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know, replied Armande."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't like these reviews anyway. For my part I'd much rather do some actual fighting."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I guess you'd rather fight than anything else, wouldn't you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I certainly would, exclaimed Armande."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At least I would as long as these Boches are in France. When they are driven out I want to go back to my little farm and never hear the sound of another gun as long as I live."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope you may be able to do that soon,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If I am still alive."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll hope for the best,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Suppose I am killed, exclaimed Armande."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What difference will it make? I shall die for my country and what happier death is there than to die for France?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If everyone else feels the same way I don't see how France can be beaten,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course she can't be beaten, cried Armande,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Vive la France!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Vive la France!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Inspection is at two and the review at three,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then we haven't much time, have we? exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's get ready."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That little man in the khaki suit was King George of England, he said to Jacques after the review was over and they had returned to their quarters."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I also recognized General Joffre, but who was the man with the brown mustache who stood next to King George?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why that was Lord Kitchener,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who was the big man next to him? He was certainly fine looking."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "King Albert of Belgium, said Jacques in a surprised tone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should think you'd recognize him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was stupid of me not to, admitted Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who was the short man in the frock coat and silk hat? He didn't look like a soldier to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He isn't, laughed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That was President Poincaré; the man who passed us in the automobile the other day."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course it was, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Quite a distinguished gathering I should say."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Some of these fellows have been wanting excitement, he exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you mean?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come with me and I'll soon show you,"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Guns,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Guns? echoed Dubois."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should say there were; thousands of men. Just listen to that cannonade."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That must be over ten miles away, said Dubois,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You think so?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm sure of it; they'll begin to move up reserves pretty quick."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who's doing all that firing, do you think?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Germans. They are going to counter-attack and try to win back the positions we took away from them ten days ago."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you know that for sure?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, that's just my guess, said Dubois."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course I'm not sure."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well I don't believe that German guns are the only ones busy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, indeed, agreed Dubois quickly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We wouldn't just sit still and let them pound us to pieces."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I told you! exclaimed Dubois triumphantly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I knew they'd have us out before much time had passed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It must be a terrible fight,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll make it so, said Armande fiercely."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just let them try to get those positions away from us; we'll show them."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you suppose the infantry have attacked yet?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know how long the bombardment has been going on."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They'll try to smash our trenches with their big guns before they send their infantry out, won't they?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I suppose so, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's the usual way."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Probably we'll arrive just in time to bear the whole weight of the attack,"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're to be held as reserves,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're to be held as reserves."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now the infantry will charge,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Poor fellows,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, agreed Jacques;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Or the seventy-fives,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want a man to volunteer for a very dangerous mission, he announced as he drew near."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who will go?"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want only one, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't use you all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take me; take me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will select you,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come with me,"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Germans came out of their trenches once but we drove them back with our fire curtain,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They'll try again though,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course they will and that is why I want you here. Do you see that little mound out ahead there?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is a shelter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And you want me to go out there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes. You will find inside of it an electric switchboard; there is only one switch so you cannot possibly go wrong. When that switch is pushed down it connects with wires attached to a mine field. You are to go out to that shelter and wait until the German infantry reaches a spot one hundred feet in front of you; then you are to throw the switch. The mines will all explode and there'll be several less of the enemy left to attack us."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Huh, snorted Jacques to himself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If they only knew that our men are digging new trenches every minute and that every shell-hole has a machine-gun in it they wouldn't be in such a hurry to show themselves."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Watch on the Rhine,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why do they still use that massed formation? muttered Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You might think they had men to waste."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not yet,"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Armande! cried Jacques, suddenly recognizing his rescuer."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You saved my life."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is part of the day's work,"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The next trench now, shouted someone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why stop here?"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let's make for that, shouted Armande in Jacques' ear."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If we can reach that château we can defend ourselves indefinitely."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get some more men and we'll go,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This way! This way!"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're firing from the tower, shouted Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The place is occupied."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What of it? demanded Armande."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So much the better."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wait, he cautioned."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They're above you and have us at a disadvantage."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But they may escape us,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How can they? They can't leave that tower by any other means than these stairs. They can't possibly escape."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must drive them out of there,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We will, exclaimed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We want to plan the best way to do it though."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You stand guard at the door, Armande directed one of the men."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us know if you see any sign of a German out there."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He saved our lives, exclaimed Jacques feelingly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who was that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fisché,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, we'd all be dead now if it hadn't been for his nerve and quick action. What a brave man he was!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That mustn't happen again, exclaimed Armande."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must clean those rats out of the tower before it will be safe for us here."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How are you going to do it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Go up after them of course. Who will go with me!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will, I will,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come along then,"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm all right,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you hurt?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not at all; it merely stunned me for a second, and Armande rubbed his head dazedly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll be all right directly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You musn't try to go up those stairs again,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But we must get them out of that tower,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know, agreed Jacques,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But how?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think I know how,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is your scheme, Lippen?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If we only had a machine-gun we could soon bring them down."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But how could we carry a machine-gun up those stairs? demanded Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They'd shoot us down at their leisure."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We won't take it upstairs,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is your plan?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Send two men for a machine-gun. When they have brought it back we will set it up here and point it at the ceiling. When we have sent a few thousand bullets through the floor the Boches will come down fast enough."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why will they? demanded Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't see just what you mean."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They'll come down because they won't be able to help it, said Lippen grimly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll blow a hole through the floor and they'll fall down."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I believe you're right, exclaimed Jacques suddenly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who will go after a machine-gun?"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They got away safely,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good, exclaimed Armande."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope the scheme will work."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What else could we do?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should like to rush the stairs, said Armande."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can do it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You saw what happened to you a moment ago when you tried it, Jacques reminded him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Probably we could do it but what's the use in getting a lot of men killed when we can accomplish the same result in some other way?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Probably you 're right, Armande agreed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hate to wait though."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How many of the Boches do you think are up there?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No matter, laughed Lippen."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They'll all be down pretty soon and then we can count them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good, exclaimed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now let's let them have a few more grenades upstairs there just to show them that we're still alive."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your life is charmed, Armande,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hope so, said Armande grimly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Set up the gun."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Train it on one spot, Lippen directed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As soon as we get a hole through the floor we'll send a few hand-grenades through it."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Keep it up!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can see where the beams run now, said Jacques to the gunner."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Loosen them up a little."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anyone left up there?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not a soul, replied Jacques quickly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Watch out below though."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well I guess the fight's over,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Seems to be, agreed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How about these men?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll take them back to our trenches of course,"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We thought you were dead, Jacques, cried Leon, delighted to see his comrade once more."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where did you come from?"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Young man! he exclaimed heartily, catching sight of Jacques,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I saw our men coming forward and I could not resist the temptation to join them, sir,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I'm glad to see you again, said the officer."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We need men like you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're all as good if not better,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's right too, agreed the officer."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Every Frenchman is a hero in these days of trouble."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell me, he exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Everything, said Earl grimly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They certainly did pepper us and it was only a few minutes before you came back that they let up at all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're still fairly busy I should say,"
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They'll hit us before long,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you mean? asked Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A counter-attack?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think so. They may not try it to-day but they surely will some time to-night; the Boches are getting so they like to fight in the dark now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Perhaps it's because they can't see the bayonets so well, laughed Armande."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They don't care much about cold steel, do they?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should say not, agreed Dubois."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's funny too for they are certainly brave enough when it comes to facing shells and machine-guns."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hand-to-hand work isn't suited to Germans, I guess, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You never heard of a German being a good boxer either; they don't seem to be much good at things that need quick thinking and action."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Germans are good athletes though,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In certain sports they are, Leon agreed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're good wrestlers and gymnasts and that sort of thing. I say that they're strong but they're not athletic. The strongest fellows aren't always the best athletes, you know."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They're probably shelling the ground where the Germans are trying to dig new trenches,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope they hit 'em,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you seen these dug-outs?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, I haven't."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come along then and I'll show them to you, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Some of them are regular palaces."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I doubt that,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at them, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They must have used these for living quarters when things were quiet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I guess they did, agreed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If they're all like this they're pretty good size too; this one must be six feet wide and nearly thirty feet long."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "See those logs on the ceiling; they're a foot in diameter at least."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, but they're not shell-proof. They have to be deeper in the ground than this to be safe from high explosive shells."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where does this lead, do you suppose?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's follow it and see,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Another dug-out, I suppose,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Looks like a real one, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whew!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Say, said Jacques warmly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should think as much, agreed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just look around you; rugs on the floor, pictures and mirrors on the wall."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And a wonderful stove; let's make some tea,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where's the tea?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There must be some here; there seems to be everything else."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn't this great? exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "War wouldn't be so bad if we only had places like this to live in."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did you notice that there were two entrances?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, one at each end. I suppose that's in case the trench should cave in and block up one passage-way you could still get out the other side."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pull up a chair, Leon, exclaimed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We might as well be comfortable as long as we can."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you suppose we could be hurt down here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If one of those big German shells happened to strike squarely over us I guess we'd be hurt all right,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It would have to be a direct hit though."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's true and I don't believe there is much chance of its happening. This seems to me about the safest spot I've seen."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Too bad the others don't know about it,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Listen, warned Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here comes somebody now."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come in, cried Jacques cordially."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have some tea."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Germans are tuning up again,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They certainly are, agreed Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did you ever notice how you can tell from the sound a shell makes going through the air just what kind it is?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, and you can judge their direction and where they're going to fall too."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look out,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at that dug-out, Jacques, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's blown to pieces."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How about the men inside? cried Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There are six of them."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Quick, Leon! cried Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Cut the cord from your bandolier; you tie up his arm and I'll attend to his leg. We must stop this flow of blood or he'll die."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is awful,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is war,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Picks and shovels! came the cry, and"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Stretcher bearers! Stretcher bearers!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The rest of those men in the dug-out are dead, Leon, said Jacques calmly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can do nothing for them and the thing for us to do is to rejoin our company."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Think of it, exclaimed Leon as they hurried along."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If we'd stayed in that dug-out two minutes longer we'd been dead now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Death comes quickly in war, remarked Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It hangs by a thread and you never can tell when it is going to strike you."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're in for it, I guess,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sure we are, exclaimed the latter brightly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What of it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There'll be a lot of our men killed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not half as many as there will be Boches, said Armande."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just wait until they send their infantry out; our machine-guns will make them wish they were back in their trenches."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're an optimist, Armande, said Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just listen to those shells up there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Boches will come out about dark, said Armande."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We might just as well sleep until then."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not with that going on, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At least not for me."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here they come, cried Armande."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let 'em have it!"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No one can possibly come across that space alive,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, they can too,"
}
] |
20995
|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What did I tell you? demanded Armande triumphantly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I knew they couldn't touch us and I'd just like to see them try it again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It cost us something,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, but not one-quarter of what it did them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope not, agreed Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It always costs the attacker more."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it, Jacques? demanded Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What ails him?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's crazy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you mean?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's gone insane; his nerves are shattered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How awful! exclaimed Earl with a shudder."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you suppose he'll ever get well again?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's hard to say, replied Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've heard about these things happening in the trenches, remarked Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the first case I've seen."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There are a good many made the same way, said Jacques soberly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The terrible strain and the awful slaughter affect men's nerves so that they sometimes go entirely to pieces. It is very sad."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's horrible!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For my part I'd rather be killed,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Private Dineau, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I understand that you are an aviator."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You were once attached to the flying corps?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You think you can still drive an aeroplane?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am sure of it, sir."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very good, said the captain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come with me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well what do you suppose he's going to do?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's going flying, I suppose,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Say, cried Earl enviously,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wish we were."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's the best part of the service all right, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacques and I were in it together once and I know what I'm talking about."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why did you ever leave it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We thought it would be more exciting with the infantry and so we got transferred."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Flying's not as safe as it was at the beginning of the war,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know it isn't, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are ten times as many machines now as there were then and ten times as many flyers. Then again, scouting over trenches is much more dangerous than over the open country. Here you are fired at constantly by the anti-aircraft guns and you meet so many more machines; they're all concentrated in one spot."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just the same I'd like to try it, exclaimed Earl eagerly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you suppose that if Jacques is given a machine he could take us along as observers?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No such luck I'm afraid, laughed Leon grimly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We may never see him again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's hope it will not be as bad as that, said Dubois."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jacques is certainly a fine boy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He's a good friend of mine all right,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come with me, said the man whom Leon recognized as Captain Le Blanc's orderly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Also bring your brother."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wake up, Earl,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are these the two young men of whom you spoke?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "These are the ones, General,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very good, exclaimed the general, a keen-eyed soldier with white hair and a white mustache."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They are friends of yours I take it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will start at dawn; Private Dineau will be the aviator and he will have as aides the brothers Platt. You will be conducted to the machine you are to use and as dawn is not far distant I advise you to prepare yourselves at once. Good luck to you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will conduct you to your machine,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For us,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where are we being sent?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not know,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Say, exclaimed Leon suddenly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He's going some all right, isn't he? cried Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'd like it th----"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is pretty bad, exclaimed Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I agree with you, Leon; he ought to stop it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But he won't, announced Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They all go like this."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I'll certainly be glad when it's over, said Earl grimly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't get up onto the seat again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't try, advised Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll soon be there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If we're not all dead,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here we are,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How fast were we going there, Leon?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Seventy miles an hour, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you like it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did _not_, said Earl warmly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's too fast for me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wait until we get into our aeroplane, warned Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll travel a hundred miles an hour easily."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are no shell-holes in the air anyway, said Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can't be wrecked that way as we nearly were back there on the road."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't you believe it, exclaimed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When they begin firing at us from the German trenches you'll find there are plenty of shell-holes in the air all right."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By the way, haven't you any idea where we're going?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "None at all. All I know is that this orderly is instructed to take us somewhere over here where we'll get our orders."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who was that man who talked to us? asked Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They called him 'general.'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That was General Petain, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Didn't you know him?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I never saw him before. Was that really he?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who was the third man?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know who he was."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here I leave you, announced their guide."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are to report to Major Villier."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Which one of you is Private Dineau?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good, exclaimed the major."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here are dispatches which you are to deliver to Colonel Erhard. He is in command at the village of Flambeau in the Vosges Mountains. The dispatches are important and should reach him at the earliest possible moment."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your aeroplane is waiting for you, he continued."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It will contain everything you will have need of and I wish you a good trip and a safe return, I would suggest that your two aides who look so very much alike go and see that everything is in readiness. Meanwhile I will point out Flambeau to you on the map and the best route for you to follow."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here are coats for you, said one of the men as the two brothers approached the machine."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You will find it cold up among the clouds today."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How about food?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Two days' rations for three men, said the soldier."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is more than you'll need if all goes well but it's a good plan to be prepared."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think so too, agreed Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What horsepower is this machine?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One hundred."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whew! whistled Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She ought to be able to make time."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She can, said the soldier confidently."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just wait until young Dineau gets hold of her. He'll make her sail; he's a wonder, that boy. It's a shame he ever got out of the aviation corps."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He was good all right, wasn't he?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good? exclaimed the man."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should say he was good. Why I'll bet that if he had stuck to the flying corps he'd have bagged a dozen Boche machines by this time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He's reckless though,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not reckless, but daring, insisted the soldier."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He doesn't know fear."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here he comes now,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All ready?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Got your dispatches, have you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I guess we're off then, cried Leon eagerly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let 'er go."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Say, almost shouted Earl,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well you keep your eye out for other machines and for people shooting at us from below, advised Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's your job and mine."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's such a wonderful sensation flying like this, cried Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just look down below us there. The roads look like white ribbons and the trees like bouquets. Don't the houses seem small?"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know it feels as if we were standing still,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know it, agreed his brother."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The higher you go the more it seems that way too."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir, cried Earl,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn't the machine steady?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Feels as steady as a rock. You know I haven't felt the least bit nervous since we started."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why should you? demanded Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're a good deal safer here than we are in the trenches."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I suppose that's true, mused Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You wouldn't think so, though, would you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know. The way the machines are perfected nowadays there is practically no danger from accident and with a good aviator you are as safe as any one can be in war. Of course plenty of machines are destroyed and the pilots and observers killed, but I believe the proportion is smaller than in any other branch of the service."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Say,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've got a question to ask you. There are two ways of reaching Flambeau and I want your advice as to which to take. One way we can go around back of the firing line and be practically safe all the way."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go that way then,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, objected Jacques,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Major Villier and General Petain both said that the dispatches should be delivered as soon as possible, didn't they?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then, said Leon,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It crosses the battle line twice, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You know the trenches make a big loop below here and we will have to cut straight across that loop."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never mind, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If they said to deliver the dispatches at the earliest possible moment it's for us to take the shortest possible course in order to do that."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think so too, agreed Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll have to run our chances, that's all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are the trenches below us now, cried Leon suddenly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "See them up ahead there?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sure enough, exclaimed Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't they look funny from here? They look just like a series of deep scars running in all directions."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can't see the first line trenches yet, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can easily tell them for they'll run exactly parallel to one another and the space in between them will be the only place where you see no trenches. Behind both the French and German first lines there are any number of other trenches running in all directions and all connected. But in between the two front ones there is nothing; 'no-man's land' they call it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "See them firing,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No. You can see those puffs of smoke down below there though; those are bursting shells."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There are the first line trenches too, said Earl abruptly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can tell them easily, can't you, just as you said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How high are we, Jacques?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Two thousand meters,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's see, said Leon, trying to figure it out in his head,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can they hit us at this distance?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They can, but I hope they don't,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Funny we haven't seen any other machines,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well we're right over the front trenches now and I guess plenty of people see us and are looking at us right this minute."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're firing at us,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shall we drop a bomb on them? cried Earl eagerly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We want them to know that we're alive, you know."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't do it, cautioned Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It would probably be wasted here."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's another shot, cried Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Behind us this time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's hope their aim continues as poor as that, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We want to get those dispatches to Colonel Erhard at Flambeau before anything happens to us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll be over hostile territory all the way, won't we?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We will, replied Jacques,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know where we'd run to,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nor I, admitted Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's hope that we can out-distance any machines that start to chase us."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you think this machine is faster than the German ones?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Faster than most of them, replied Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Probably not as speedy as those new _fokkers_ though; they go like the wind, but they are too light and I doubt if one of them could do us a great deal of harm."
}
] |
20995
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are the mountains,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sure enough, exclaimed Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well we've had a pretty easy trip of it, haven't we? It has been a regular pleasure jaunt."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're not there yet,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know where Flambeau is, Jacques?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll have to cross the firing line again, won't we?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; pretty soon now too, I think."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know where it runs here? asked Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If it should follow the top of some of these mountains we'd have to ascend much higher than we are now to be out of range, wouldn't we?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We certainly would. Keep your eyes open and see if you can see any signs of trenches; we ought to be pretty close now."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whew, it's cold,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My hands are cold too, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have the best of me though for I can't warm them the way you are doing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Please don't try, laughed Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'd rather that you should have cold hands than we should all go spinning down to earth."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well I'll--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are the trenches, he exclaimed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "See them? They run right across that valley."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's right, agreed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's see; we must be fairly close to our destination by now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope so, exclaimed Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm cold and hungry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Right over that next summit, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If our luck only holds out a few minutes longer we're all right."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's Flambeau,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good, cried Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where do we land? In that big field behind the church?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That seems to be the only place, doesn't it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As far as I can see it is,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here we go."
}
] |
20995
|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is this Flambeau?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Colonel Erhard is here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is. Do you wish to see him?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have some most important dispatches for him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course you wish to deliver them to him in person?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you will come with me, said the corporal,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will conduct you to him at once."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll wait right here for you, Jacques,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anglais?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Américain,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "exclaimed the man."
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All ready to go back?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did you deliver your dispatches all right?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, indeed, and now we have nothing to think about except getting back home to the _douzième_ once more."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'd hardly call it home, laughed Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hope there aren't as many bullets and shells flying around our homes as there are around the _douzième_. Home wouldn't be very comfortable under those circumstances."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well we'd better start anyway, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All aboard!"
}
] |
20995
|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you suppose we'll have as easy a trip home as we did coming?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can go the long way if you want to,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you think, Leon? demanded Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't you think we might as well take the longer but the safer route on the return trip?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't see why not, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can fly just behind the battle-line all the way back. I'd like to see what it looks like."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So should I, agreed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll do it then, only we'll have to keep a mile or so behind the front."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's all right, exclaimed Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can see if we're a mile or so high."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look! he cried excitedly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There's another monoplane!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To your right."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's a German flier, he remarked."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Get the machine-gun ready."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are you going to do?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Chase him of course,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now you fellows will have to do all the work with the machine-gun,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Leave that to us,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll have to; maneuvering this machine will keep me busy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you suppose he sees us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Certainly he does,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And he's ready to fight?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If he wasn't he'd turn and run."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How soon shall we open fire?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know yet; he's two miles away now, anyway."
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're almost over the battle-line, announced Earl suddenly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can see the trenches below."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never mind them, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Watch that machine."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's smaller than we are,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There are only two men in it too,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get ready,"
}
] |
20995
|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Turn around, Jacques, and go back after him, cried Leon excitedly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll get him next time."
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Be careful now, warned Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can't afford to miss many times for you may be sure he won't."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get above him, Jacques, cried Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's our best chance."
}
] |
20995
|
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|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're faster than he is, Jacques, cried Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Follow him up from behind and go higher than he does."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't believe we can do that,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Try it,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll try it."
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's running away,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "After him, Jacques! After him!"
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll get him, shouted Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're gaining fast."
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get ready,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're ready,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let 'em have it then,"
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's hit,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So are we,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A bullet has cut one of the supports for our wings."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it dangerous?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm afraid so; I can't tell yet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Give him another volley, Leon,"
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you think, Jacques? demanded Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will that wing hold up?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not think so, replied Jacques soberly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think we must land."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where are we?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Inside the German lines."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But if we land here we will all be taken prisoners."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Our lines must be ten miles away, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What can we do?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It won't hold us that far you think?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am sure it won't."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can't we try it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It would be foolish, said Jacques firmly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Unless we land at once that wing may collapse and then we shall go spinning towards the earth just as fast as did those Germans."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know best, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hate to think of being taken to some German prison camp though."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Perhaps we can make repairs,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can we land all right?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can with luck,"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good work, Jacques!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're safe from the air but how about the Germans?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well they won't take us without an argument anyway,"
}
] |
20995
|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "See if you can't repair that wing, Jacques, urged Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We may be able to fix it and get back without any trouble at all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No Germans are apt to be around here anyway, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why we are miles and miles behind the front and in the middle of a big forest. We could hide in these woods for weeks and never be discovered."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "German observers have undoubtedly seen our machine descend, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They are probably searching for us already."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look there!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A German machine,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And looking for us,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you suppose he sees us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No doubt of it, said Jacques confidently."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There'll be German soldiers here before you know it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can't you repair the machine?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think I could if I had some wire."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll run over to the house and see if I can't find some."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There may be Germans living there, objected Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'd better be careful."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He dropped a bomb,"
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lie down,"
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where did it land?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "On that barn, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just look at it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hope he doesn't try it again,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I guess he won't, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He seems to be flying away."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I suppose he's gone to tell where we are and to send somebody after us."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If I only had some wire,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well I'm going over to see if we can't find something in that house, said Earl firmly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's funny there doesn't seem to be anybody around."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The house must be empty, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That bomb and the fire would certainly have brought any one out if the place was occupied."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They can't do much to stop that fire now, remarked Leon grimly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By the way the barn burns it must be full of hay."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll go speak to them, exclaimed Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They may be able to give us some wire."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'd better go, I guess, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As my French is better than yours I can probably talk to them easier than you can."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's true, agreed Earl readily."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why don't we all go?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You two stay here and guard this monoplane, exclaimed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They may arrive here after us at any minute."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If that aviator who threw the bomb has landed yet, remarked Leon,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They've got to go through a lot of woods to reach this spot, said Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Perhaps they won't be able to find it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't you worry about that; they'll come straight here without the least bit of trouble."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The minute any Germans appear it seems to me the thing for us to do is to take to the woods. We might be able to escape that way."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Our chance of escape depends on whether Jacques can get any wire or not, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wish he could hurry."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He'll do his best, remarked Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You may be sure of that."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's he doing over there anyway?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Talking with the priests as far as I can see, said Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I guess they decided there was no use in trying to save their barn."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should say not. It's too bad though and as a matter of fact we are the ones who are really to blame for it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How so?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, if we hadn't landed in this clearing that German flier would not have dropped any bombs down here."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's true, agreed Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where's that priest going?"
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you think those priests are French?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know; I suppose so though."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well if they are they'll help us, won't they?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They'd probably like to but I don't know whether they'd dare or not."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Germans would do something to them if they were caught aiding us in any way I suppose."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They certainly would,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shoot them?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Probably."
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What has Jacques under his arm?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't see,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's a roll of wire, cried Earl suddenly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll soon be off now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If the Germans don't reach here first we will."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't be so gloomy, Earl protested."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course we'll get away."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It'll be dark soon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All the better. They won't be able to see us in the dark."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And we won't be able to see our way."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're an old pessimist, exclaimed Earl lightly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good boy, Jacques, he cried as the young Frenchman came within hearing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I knew you'd fix us up all right."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must hurry, panted Jacques, his breath almost gone after his quick trip across the field."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We haven't much time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can't I help?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, thanks; I can probably work faster alone."
}
] |
20995
|
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|
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who were those priests?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Frenchmen,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do they happen to be living here inside the German lines?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This place is a sort of monastery or home and they are allowed to stay here for some reason. Every day one or the other of them has to report at the nearest German post though; that is five miles away."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do they reach it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They have a bicycle they use in good weather and in bad they have to walk."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is there a good road through the forest?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fairly so, they said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's a pretty tough job, isn't it? exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Still I suppose they'd rather do that than leave their home."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How soon can we start?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know, replied Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In about ten minutes, I hope."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well we've been lucky so far not to have been discovered, exclaimed Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope our luck keeps up."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We've been discovered all right, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't worry about that; they haven't reached here yet, that's all."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And we certainly hope they won't,"
}
] |
20995
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Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All ready,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can we get in?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Certainly. Jump aboard and I'll join you in a second, just as soon as I get this wire out of our way."
}
] |
20995
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look out! shouted Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here come the Germans!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jump in! cried Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can get away before they reach us."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No chance, said Jacques positively."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Get out of there as fast as you can."
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They think we'll surrender, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll fool them."
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let 'em have it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let 'em have it!"
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Two of them gone, cried Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "See if we can't wing two more and then we'll have to run for it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Make it sure,"
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now for the woods,"
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where are you hit?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm not hit; I stumbled over that furrow."
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wait here,"
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you think they'll follow us in here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I doubt it, replied Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are only four of them now you know."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Only two of them were hit, objected Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't believe that those two who were thrown from their horses were hurt."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not badly perhaps, agreed Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They got an awful jolt just the same. At any rate it's only six to three now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you think they'll do?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wish I knew."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can't we crawl up to the edge of the woods and look at them?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That would be pretty risky."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But we want our monoplane back again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn't there a full moon to-night?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I believe there is, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why do you ask?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just as soon as the moon comes up we can sneak up to the border of the forest and everything in the clearing will be lighted up; we will hide in the shadow of the trees and can pick off the Boches at our leisure. Isn't that a good scheme?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fine, said Jacques,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You don't think the Germans are going to sit out there all this time, do you? Undoubtedly they have sent for help already."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then, exclaimed Leon,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's right, cried Earl eagerly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's our only chance and we must be quick about it too."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't you think so, Jacques? insisted Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come along."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's an awful chance,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know, exclaimed Leon,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's true, Jacques agreed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I guess you're right; we'd better try it now."
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'd better separate, he whispered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fire the moment I do."
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Charge them, Jacques! Come on, Earl!"
}
] |
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