human
Who will you trust?
gpt
I will trust God,
human
I wouldn't give much for your trust, then, returned Simkin bitterly, as well as contemptuously, for he had given way to despair.
gpt
You Blue Lights and Christians think yourselves so much better than everybody else, because you make so much talk about prayin' an' singin', an' doin' your duty, an' servin' God, an' submitting. It's all hypocrisy.
human
Don't you believe that Sergeant Hardy is a good soldier?
gpt
Of course I do,
human
An' _he_ doesn't think much of himself, does he?
gpt
Certainly not. He's one o' the kindest an' humblest men in the regiment, as I have good reason to know.
human
Yet he frequently talks to us of attendin' to our duty, an' doin' credit to the British Flag, an' faithfully serving the Queen. If this is praiseworthy in the sergeant, why should the talk of duty an' service an' honour to God be hypocrisy in the Christian? Does it not seem strange that we Blue Lights--who have discovered ourselves to be much worse than we thought ourselves, an' gladly accept Jesus as our Saviour from sin--should be charged with thinkin' ourselves `_better_ than other people'!
gpt
Come now, cried Jack Molloy, seating himself on the floor, and leaning his back against the wall;