human
Of course you know what this means to the Service, he said in a hard, low voice.
gpt
It means--
human
Disgrace, nodded Kent.
gpt
I know. It means a black spot on the otherwise bright escutcheon of N Division. But it can't be helped. I killed John Barkley. The man you've got in the guard-house, condemned to be hanged by the neck until he is dead, is innocent. I understand. It won't be nice for the Service to let it be known that a sergeant in His Majesty's Royal Mounted is an ordinary murderer, but--
human
Not an ORDINARY murderer, interrupted Kedsty.
gpt
As you have described it, the crime was deliberate--horrible and inexcusable to its last detail. You were not moved by a sudden passion. You tortured your victim. It is inconceivable!
human
And yet true,