human
I saw him again, he said,
gpt
Who?
human
The Capuchin!
gpt
I cannot bear it any longer. I must confess at last. God grant I have not done you irreparable wrong.
human
Me!
gpt
You! You are one of the Browns of the County Mayo; the youngest son of that Captain Brown, who, when he was not much older than you, fought against Cromwell and lost his patrimony, but who afterwards, having been an exile with Charles II. regained it, though not till several years after the Restoration.
human
And what do you know of him or his family?
gpt
Not much more than I have told you, he replied, to my surprise,
human
That is so,
gpt
Your mother had not received a communication from him for some time prior to his death.
human
But how do you know that?
gpt
Let me go on, he replied,
human
I shall be the sooner finished. He died in Madrid, and he sent home papers and valuables through a Spanish Capuchin monk, who was visiting Ireland on a mission, which, I understood, was part political and part religious.
gpt
From whom did you learn this?
human
From himself.
gpt
The monk?