human
I am going to ask you, he went on,
gpt
he hesitated awkwardly, and then with a certain effort, uttered the words
human
I don't think I can do that, sir.
gpt
Mr. Banfield
human
I don't think I can stay on here, sir, repeated Mary Scanlan in a low, hesitating voice.
gpt
I don't hold with a man, a gentleman I mean, having two wives. I can't say a word of excuse for my poor Miss Rosaleen--I beg your pardon, sir, I mean Mrs. Banfield. I know she behaved very wickedly and strangely, but still you see, Mr. Banfield, to my thinking and according to my holy religion, she's the woman who owns you, sir, and no one else can ever take her place.
human
I know, I know, he said hastily.
gpt
But Mary, why don't you consult your priest? If you explain the circumstances to him, he may take a different view of the matter to what you do.
human
No, that he wouldn't! exclaimed Mary Scanlan, with a touch of her old passionate temper,
gpt
I suppose you wouldn't be after seeing Miss Rosaleen, Mr. Banfield? Not if I gave you her address?
human
Mary, he said sternly,