human
Please, your reverence! said one,
gpt
I sent you a bottle of my best port,
human
Ay, sir, and thank you for it. But that went into my stomick, and what I wanted was medicine for my soul. You never said a prayer by me. You never urged me to repentance for my bad life, and you let me go out of the world with all my sins about me.
gpt
And I, sir, said another, thrusting himself before Mr. Hexworthy--
human
I was a young man, sir, going wild, and you never said a word to restrain me; never sent for me and gave me a bit of warning and advice which would have checked me. You just shrugged your shoulders and laughed, and said that a young chap like me must sow his wild oats.
gpt
And we, shouted the rest--
human
Now this is really too bad, said the rector.
gpt
I preached twice every Sunday.
human
Oh, yes--right enough that. But precious little good it did when nothing came out of your heart, and all out of your pocket--and that you did give us was copied in your library. Why, sir, not one of your sermons ever did anybody a farthing of good.
gpt
We were your sheep, protested others,
human
And we, said others,
gpt
And some of us, cried out others,
human
Sir, you never taught us no Catechism, nor our duty to God and to man, and we grew up regular heathens.
gpt
That was your fathers' and mothers' duty.
human
But our fathers and mothers never taught us anything.
gpt
Come, this is intolerable, shouted Mr. Hexworthy.
human
Get out of the way, all of you. I can't be bothered with you now. I want to go in there.
gpt
You can't, parson! the door is shut, and you have not got your key.
human
What the dickens am I to do?
gpt
You must go whither we send you,