“To bear my flag of truce to General Hatry.”
“For what purpose?”
“I have several proposals to make to him before the fight begins.”
“I presume that among those proposals which you deign to intrust to me you do not include that of laying down his arms?”
“On the contrary, colonel, you understand that that is the first of my proposals.”
“General Hatry will refuse it.”
“That is probable.”
“And then?”
“Then I shall give him his choice between two others, either of which he can, I think, accept without forfeiting his honor.”
“What are they?”