human
But see here, Judge, Nick replied to all his arguments,
gpt
I got Emerson into trouble this time and I've got to get him out. If he hadn't been chasin' around alone, tryin' to get me out of the beastly drunken scrape I'd been fool enough to get into, this wouldn't have happened. You know it wouldn't, Judge. It's all my fault, and I've got to get Emerson out of it.
human
That's all right, Nick. Your loyalty to Emerson does you great credit. Much more than your judgment does. But if you'll just wait a week or two the grand jury will pronounce on his case, and they're bound to let the bottom out of the whole thing. They'll never find a true bill against him, with no evidence to go on and no proof even that Will Whittaker is dead. Then Emerson will come out a vindicated man and they will have to let him alone after that. His interests will not suffer now by his being detained a few days, and he will gain in the respect of the community by submitting quietly. Take my advice, Nick, and keep still, and let matters follow their legal course for the next week or two.
gpt
A week or two, Judge! And let Emerson stay in jail all that time? When he's no more right to be there than you or me! Sure, now, Judge! and what do you-all take me for, anyway?
human
For a sensible man, Nick, who will see the reason in what I have been saying and will take my advice in the matter.