human
He'll use it, as sure as eggs are eggs,
gpt
Then there'll be murder,
human
When Tom Daly says he'll do a thing, he means to do it, said Peter.
gpt
He won't be stopped by my calling it murder. Then Sir Nicholas had quickly discussed the matter with sundry other sportsmen of the neighbourhood. There were Mr. Persse of Doneraile, and Mr. Blake of Letterkenny, and Lord Ardrahan, and Sir Jasper Lynch, of Bohernane. During the ten minutes that were allowed to them, they put their heads together, and with much forethought made Mr. Persse their spokesman. Lord Ardrahan and Sir Jasper might have seemed to take upon themselves an authority which Daly would not endure. And Blake, of Letterkenny, would have been too young to carry with him sufficient weight. Sir Nicholas himself was a Roman Catholic, and was Peter's father, and Peter would have been in a scrape for having told the story of the pistol. So Mr. Persse put himself forward.
human
Daly, he said, trotting up to the master,
gpt
I'm afraid we're going to encounter a lot of these Landleaguers at Moytubber.
human
What do they want at Moytubber? Nobody is doing anything to them.
gpt
Of course not; they are a set of miserable ruffians. I'm sorry to say that there are a lot of my tenants among them. But it's no use discussing that now.
human
I can only go on, said Daly,
gpt
We have only a minute now to decide,
human
To decide what?
gpt
There must be no violence on our side. Daly turned round his face upon him, and looked at him from the bottom of those two dark caverns.
human
Believe me when I say it; there must be no violence on our side.
gpt
If they attempt to stop my horse?
human
There must be no violence on our side to bring us, or rather you, to further grief.
gpt
By God! I'd shoot the man who did it,
human
No, no; let there be no shooting. Were you to do so, there can be no doubt that you would be tried by a jury and--
gpt
Hanged, said Daly.
human
May be so; I have got to look that in the face. It is an accursed country in which we are living.
gpt
But you would not encounter the danger in carrying out a trifling amusement such as this?