human
What in the world is to be done, Geoffrey? I have only got twenty dollars left, which at the outside will pay for our lodgings and food for another month. For the life of me I cannot see what is to be done when that is gone, unless we take to the road.
gpt
As far as I am concerned, he said,
human
I would rob a cardinal if I had the chance, Gerald Burke said,
gpt
It is still open to you, Geoffrey said,
human
I could do that, Gerald said moodily,
gpt
You might make your peace with the English government and get some of your estates back again.
human
That I will not do to feed myself, Gerald Burke said firmly.
gpt
I have thought that if I ever carry off Inez I might for her sake do so, for I own that now all hope of help from Spain is at an end, our cause in Ireland is lost, and it is no use going on struggling against the inevitable; but I am not going to sue the English government as a beggar for myself. No doubt I could borrow small sums from Irishmen and Scotchmen here, and hold on for a few months; but most of them are well-nigh as poor as I am myself, and I would not ask them. Besides, there would be no chance of my repaying them; and, if I am to rob anyone, I would rather plunder these rich dons than my own countrymen.
human
Of one thing I am resolved, Geoffrey said,
gpt
I will not live at your expense any longer, Gerald. I can speak Spanish very fairly now, and can either take service in some Spanish family or, as I said, get work in the field.
human
My dear Geoffrey, the extra expenses caused by you last week were, as far as I can calculate, one penny for bread and as much for fruit; the rest of your living was obtained at the expense of my friends.
gpt
At any rate, Geoffrey said smiling,
human
I insist that my money be now thrown into the common fund. I have offered it several times before, but you always said we had best keep it for emergency. I think the emergency has come now, and these ten English pounds in my belt will enable us to take some step or other. The question is, what step? They might last us, living as we do, for some three or four months, but at the end of that time we should be absolutely penniless; therefore now is the time, while we have still a small stock in hand, to decide upon something.
gpt
But what are we to decide upon?
human
I have been thinking it over a great deal, Geoffrey said,