human
I'm not gunning for you, Cal, and I wish to heaven you weren't mixed up in this mess. He looked up.
gpt
But I _am_ gunning for crooked work in this Cora case!
human
Do you mean to imply, suh, that I am guilty of crooked work?
gpt
No, no, of course not! hastened Keith.
human
I hadn't thought of you in that connection! I am just looking the whole matter up----
gpt
Well, suh, I strongly advise you to drop it,
human
But why?
gpt
It isn't ethical. You will find great resentment among yo' colleagues of the bar at the implication conveyed by yo' so-called investigation, suh.
human
But if there proves to be nothing out of the way, he urged,
gpt
Nobody has anything to fear in any case, said Bennett,
human
I am sorry we differ on that point, I have good reason to believe there has been crooked work somewhere in this Cora trial. I do not know who has done it; I accuse nobody; but in the public office I hold it seems my plain duty to investigate.
gpt
Yo' public duty is to prosecute, that is all, argued Bennett.
human
It is the duty of the grand jury to investigate or to order investigations.
gpt
Whatever the rigid interpretation --Keith found himself uttering heresy--
human
I still feel it my duty to deal personally with whatever seems to me unjustly to interfere with, proper convictions.