human
Go with him to the hospital,
gpt
Can it be done? he asked of Varley.
human
I'll take word to Father Bourassa.
gpt
It can be done--it will be done, answered Varley, absently.
human
I do not understand the man. He has been in a different sphere of life. He tried to hide it, but the speech--occasionally! I wonder.
gpt
You wonder if he's worth saving?
human
No; that's not what I meant.
gpt
Is it a difficult case?
human
Critical and delicate; but it has been my specialty.
gpt
One of the local doctors couldn't do it, I suppose?
human
They would be foolish to try.
gpt
And you are going away at sunrise to-morrow?
human
Who told you that?
gpt
I heard you say so--everybody knows it.... That's a bad man yonder, Varley. He jerked his thumb toward the hospital.
human
A terrible bad man, he's been. A gentleman once, and fell down--fell down hard. He's done more harm than most men. He's broken a woman's heart and spoiled her life, and, if he lives, there's no chance for her, none at all. He killed a man, and the law wants him; and she can't free herself without ruining him; and she can't marry the man she loves because of that villain yonder, crying for his life to be saved. By Josh and by Joan, but it's a shame, a dirty shame, it is!
gpt
His name--his real name?
human
His name's Meydon--and a dirty shame it is, Varley.
gpt
Who knows--who knows the truth?
human
Father Bourassa and me--no others, he answered.
gpt
I knew Meydon thirty years ago.
human
Tell me--tell me all.