human
Rachel and I have come to understand each other, said Frank.
gpt
She is to have the spending of her money by herself, and I by myself am to enjoy life at Morony Castle.
human
Is this her decision?
gpt
No, he said;
human
And you?
gpt
Well, I didn't consent; and so we arranged that matters should be brought to an end between us.
human
I knew what she would do,
gpt
Just what she ought, said Edith.
human
Rachel is a fine girl. Nothing else was to be expected from her.
gpt
And nothing else was possible with you,
human
It's as well to do it, though you should never use them, or a great deal better that you should never use them. You don't want to get into all the muck of shooting a wretched, cowardly Landleaguer. If all the leaders had but one life among them there would be something worth going in for. But it is well that they should believe that you have got them. They are such cowards that if they know you've got a pistol with you they will be afraid to get near enough to shoot you with a rifle. If you are in a room with fellows who see that you have your hand in your trousers' pocket, they will be in such a funk that you cow half-a-dozen of them. They look upon Hunter and me as though we were an armed company of policemen.
gpt
Well, Mr. Lafferty, how are things going with you to-day?
human
I'm sorry for that, Mr. Lafferty. Are you well enough to tell me where did Mr. Lax go when he left you this morning?
gpt
Who's Mr. Lax? I don't know no such person.
human
Don't you, now? I thought that Mr. Lax was as well-known in Headford as the parish priest. Why, he's first cousin to your second cousin, Pat Carroll.
gpt
I've no doubt you know what relations he's got in these parts.
human
I don't know nothin' about Terry Lax.
gpt
Except that his name is Terry,
human
I don't know nothin' about him, and I won't tell nothin' either.
gpt
But he was here this morning, Mr. Lafferty?
human
Not that I know of. I won't say nothin' more about him. It's as bad as lying you are with that d----d artful way of entrapping a fellow.
gpt
More power to you, Mr. Frank, he said,
human
It's a true story at any rate,
gpt
Musha thin, not one o' us rightly knows. It's a long time ago, and if I were there at all, I disremember it. Maybe I was, though I wasn't doing anything on me own account. If Pat was to bid me, I'd do that or any other mortal thing at Pat's bidding.
human
If you are so good a brother as that, your complaisance is likely to bring you into trouble, Mr. Carroll. Come along, Jones, I've got pretty nearly what I wanted from them. Then when they were in the street, he continued speaking to Frank.
gpt
Your brother is right, though I wouldn't have believed it on any other testimony than one of themselves. That man Lax was here in the county yesterday. A more murderous fellow than he is not to be found in Connaught; and he's twice worse than any of the fellows about here. They will do it for revenge, or party purposes. He has a regular tariff for cutting throats. I should not wonder if he has come here for the sake of carrying out the threats which they made against your poor brother.
human
Do you mean that he will be murdered?
gpt
We must not let it come to that. We must have Lax up before the magistrate for having been present when they broke the flood gates.
human
Have you got evidence of that?
gpt
We can make the evidence serve its purpose for a time. If we can keep him locked up till after the trial we shall have done much. By heavens, there he is!