human
Father Donovan, did you know that Mr. O'Neill was very ill?
gpt
I did, Monsignor,
human
And that a surgeon is coming from London to perform an operation upon him--did you know that?
gpt
I did, Monsignor.
human
Did you know also that I was here to-night to attend with Mr. Curphy to important affairs and perhaps discharge some sacred duties?
gpt
I knew that too, Monsignor.
human
Then, said the Bishop, pointing at me,
gpt
So that's how you look at it, is it, Monsignor?
human
Yes, sir, that is how I look at it, and I am sorry for a priest of my Church who has so weakened his conscience by sympathy with notorious sinners as to see things in any other light.
gpt
Sinners, Bishop?
human
Didn't you hear me, Father Donovan? Or do you desire me to use a harder name for them--for one of them in particular, on whom you have wasted so much weak sentimentality, to the injury of your spiritual influence and the demoralisation of your parish. I have warned you already. Do you wish me to go further, to remove you from your Presbytery, or perhaps report your conduct to those who have power to take the frock off your back? What standard of sanctity for the sacrament of Holy Matrimony do you expect to maintain while you degrade it by openly associating with a woman who has broken her marriage vows and become little better . . . I grieve to say it [with a deep inclination of the head towards the poor wreck in the elbow-chair] little better than a common. . . .