human
What I'd like to do, now, said Ned,
gpt
I am with thee, replied Father Brian.
human
We may well ride sword in hand, my boy, lest we chance to run against some stray party of Normans. I will unsling my pole-ax. Where didst thou get that long spear?
gpt
It was given me by one of the house-carles, said Ned.
human
It is not too heavy for me, in spite of the long shaft. It is a kind of lance.
gpt
I will get me one like it, then, as soon as I can, said the missionary, combatively.
human
I may yet have to push some Norman from his saddle. I can throw a spear fairly well, too. That is one thing that I learned at Clontarf.