human
Look here, my lad, he said.
gpt
I don't like for there to be anything between us. I want to be friends with you, for I like you, Richard Winthorpe; but you keep on making yourself appear so guilty that you repel me. Speak to me, Dick, and say out downright, like a man, that you know nothing about this last affair.
human
Come! said Mr Marston sternly, and he fixed the lad with his eye;
gpt
Dick, my good lad, I tell you once more that I do not suspect you--only that you know who was the guilty party.
human
It is your duty to speak, boy, cried Mr Marston angrily.
gpt
You are not afraid to speak out?
human
I--I don't know,
gpt
Then you confess that you do know who fired at your father?
human
I did not confess, said Dick slowly.
gpt
I cannot say. I only think I know.
human
Then who was it?
gpt
Dick, I command you to speak,
human
I don't know,
gpt
You do know, cried Mr Marston angrily, and I will have an answer. No man's life is safe, and these proceedings must be stopped.
human
I don't know for certain, he said determinedly,
gpt
But if the person suspected is innocent, he can very well prove it. Ah, here is Tom Tallington! Come, Tom, my lad, you can help me here with your old companion.
human
No, cried Dick angrily,
gpt
I shall ask him, said Mr Marston firmly.
human
Look here, Tom; our friend Dick here either knows or suspects who it was that fired that shot; and if he knows that, he can tell who fired the other shots, and perhaps did all the other mischief.
gpt
Do you know, Dick?
human
I don't know for certain, I only suspect,
gpt
And I want him to speak out, my lad, while he persists in trying to hide it.
human
He won't, said Tom.
gpt
He thinks it is being a bit of a coward to tell tales; but he knows it is right to tell, don't you, Dick?
human
No,
gpt
You do, now, said Tom.
human
Come, I say, let's know who it was. Here, shall I call father?
gpt
No, no, cried Dick excitedly,
human
You are a strange lad, Dick Winthorpe,
gpt
Oh, but he will speak, Mr Marston! I can get him to, cried Tom.
human
Come, Dick, say who it was.