human
The people are not cowards, Captain Clayton had said.
gpt
I believe that men do become cowards when they are tempted to become liars by getting into Parliament. An Irishman of a certain class does at any rate. But those fellows, if they were put into a regiment, would fight like grim death. That man there, and he pointed back over his shoulder,
human
The force of example, sir,
gpt
What are we to do about this boy?
human
Are you friends with him yet?
gpt
No; I declared to his sisters that I would not sit down to table with him till he had told the truth, and I have kept my word.
human
How does he bear it?
gpt
But badly, said the father.
human
It has told upon him very much. He complains to his sister that I have utterly cast him off.
gpt
It is the oddest case I ever heard of in my life, said the Captain.
human
I suppose his change of religion has been at the bottom of it--that and the machinations of the priest down at Headford. When we recollect that there must have been quite a crowd of people looking on all the while, it does seem odd that we should be unable to get a single witness to tell the truth, knowing, as we do, that this lad was there. If he would only name two who were certainly there, and who certainly saw the deed done, that would be enough; for the people are not, in themselves, hostile to you.
gpt
You know he has owned that he did see it, said the father.
human
And he has acknowledged that Pat Carroll was there, though he has never mentioned the man's name. His sisters have told him that I will not be satisfied unless I hear him declare that Pat Carroll was one of the offenders.
gpt
Let us have him in, sir, if you don't mind.
human
Just as he is?
gpt
I should say so. Or let the young ladies come with him, if you do not object. Which of them has been most with him since your edict went forth?