human
Well, my boy, how are you?
gpt
There's nothing particularly the matter with me,
human
I suppose all this is troubling you?
gpt
All what? You mean about Pat Carroll. Of course it's troubling me. Nobody will believe a word that I say.
human
But they do believe you now that you are telling the truth,
gpt
Do you hold your tongue, miss, said the boy,
human
I don't see why you should have so much to say about it.
gpt
She has been your best friend from first to last, said the father.
human
If it had not been for Edith I would have turned you out of the house. It is terrible to me to think that a boy of mine should refuse to say what he saw in such a matter as this. You are putting yourself on a par with the enemies of your own family. You do not know it, but you are nearly sending me to the grave.