human
I will not interfere with them, unless they interfere with me.
gpt
Have you a pistol with you, Daly?
human
I have.
gpt
Then give it me.
human
Not so. If I want to use a pistol it will be better to have it in my own pocket than in yours. If I do not want to use it I can keep it myself, and no one will be the wiser.
gpt
Listen to me, Daly.
human
Well, Mr. Persse?
gpt
Do not call me 'Mr. Persse,' as though you were determined to quarrel with me. It will be well that you should take advice in this matter from those whom you have known all your life. There is Sir Nicholas Bodkin--
human
He may be one of them for all that I can tell,
gpt
Lord Ardrahan is not one of them. And Sir Jasper Lynch, and Blake of Letterkenny, they are all there, if you will speak to them. In such a matter as this it is not worth your while to get into serious trouble. To you and me hunting is a matter of much importance; but the world at large will not regard it as one in which blood should be shed. They will come prepared to make themselves disagreeable, but if there be bloodshed it will simply be by your hands. And think what an injury you would do to your side of the question, and what a benefit to theirs!
human
How so?
gpt
We are regarded as the dominant party, as gentlemen who ought to do what is right, and support the laws.
human
If I am attacked may I not defend myself?
gpt
No; not by a pistol carried loaded into a hunting-field. You would have all the world against you.