human
You do, said Ada.
gpt
How was it done? Who did it--and why?
human
Sorrow a know, I know,
gpt
Flory, that is a lie,
human
You've no right to say that, said Florian.
gpt
It's just because I've turned Catholic, and it's all your spite.
human
Flory, you know all about it,
gpt
Flory, you may lie with your voice, but you cannot stifle your heart within you. You have confessed the truth.
human
I have not, said Flory;
gpt
I wasn't in it at all.
human
Who says that you were in it? But you know.
gpt
Now the boy began to cry.
human
You have no right to say I did it. Why should I do the likes of that?
gpt
Where were you at four o'clock yesterday afternoon?
human
I was just out, up at the lodge yonder.
gpt
Flory, I know that you have seen this thing done. I am as certain of it as though I had been there myself.
human
I haven't seen anything done--and I won't stay here to be questioned this way, said the boy, feeling that his blushes would betray him, and his incapacity to
gpt
Did you not see it in his face?
human
Yes, I saw something. But you don't mean to say that he knew it was to be done? That would make him a fiend.
gpt
No; I don't think he knew it was to be done. But when Frank was teasing him the other day about his Catholic nonsense, and saying that he would not trust a Papist, Florian took the part of Pat Carroll. If there be a man about the place who would do a base turn to father, it's Pat Carroll. Now I know that Flory was down near the lough yesterday afternoon. Biddy Ryan saw him. If he went on he must have seen the water coming in.
human
What shall we do?
gpt
Ah!--that's just it. What shall we do? If he could be made to tell the truth, that would be best. But as he denies it, father will believe him. Florian will say that we are spiting him because of his religion.
human
But, Edith, we must tell father.