human
Why do you wish to marry the young lady?
gpt
Because I love her,
human
Were you ever baptized in any church?
gpt
I do not think so.
human
Have you heard, perhaps, that I have personally very strong objection to my people marrying those who are not Catholics?
gpt
I have heard you say it. Your Eminence must understand, Wardwell explained,
human
I am glad to know that that is your business, the Cardinal said briefly.
gpt
Some of my best friends through long years have been newspaper men of this town. They are men of wide and sympathetic understanding. Now, he went on,
human
I do not doubt you have good reasons, your Eminence.
gpt
What might you think to be one of them?
human
I suppose there's enough to fight about,
gpt
You seem to have acquired a working knowledge, said the aged man with his smile,
human
he continued in a different tone.
gpt
You will find them all good. But back of them all there is a very human, very practical one. It is this. The Catholic party considers himself bound until death by a divine law. The other party, in practice, hardly ever considers himself bound by anything but the law of the land, and a certain vague sense of justice. It is never fair, he ended gravely.
human
Never a fair partnership.