human
He isn't there,
gpt
Do you want Tom Tallington?
human
Yes, father; there is more room here,
gpt
Come in here, Tom,
human
We will divide now, and approach on three sides. You, Marston, and you, Tallington, get well over so as to command a view all round, for this man must not escape.
gpt
Escape! No!
human
If he is there, I don't think he will escape,
gpt
Hah! ejaculated the squire;
human
No violence, eh! said Farmer Tallington.
gpt
Didn't he bon my place?
human
And shoot me?
gpt
Yes, and his is evidently the hand which has committed a score of outrages, but all the same we must act as if we were the officers of the law: seize, bind, and hand him over to justice unhurt.
human
Yes, and that is why I speak, said the squire firmly.
gpt
I am leader here, and I insist upon this man being taken uninjured. Let the law deal with him. It is not our duty to punish him for the crimes.
human
In the first place, not a shot is to be fired.
gpt
Not if he shutes at us?
human
No: not even if he fires at any of us. If he should draw trigger, rush in and seize him before he has time to reload, and then, with no more violence than is necessary, let him be bound.
gpt
Well, said Farmer Tallington,
human
Then we all understand each other, and you, my men, I shall hold you answerable for any injury this man receives.
gpt
What! Mayn't us knock him down, squire?
human
Of course you may, Hickathrift. Stun him if you like; he will be the easier to bind.
gpt
Hey, that's better, lads, cried the wheelwright, brightening up.
human
Squire's talking sense now.
gpt
But he'll shoot his sen oop in yon hut, squire, and fire at us and bring us down.
human
There will only be time for one shot, Mr Tallington, said Marston quietly,
gpt
Oh well, I wean't stick out, said the farmer rather sulkily;
human
He will not dare to fire,
gpt
I do not agree with you, Mr Winthorpe, said Marston.
human
The man is desperate, and he will do anything now to escape.
gpt
And if he can't, cried Farmer Tallington,
human
I will go up first, said the squire quietly;
gpt
Bud he hev dared to fire, mester,
human
Yes, at those who did not see him lurking in some hiding-place, but he will not dare to fire now.
gpt
He can't fire, father,
human
Why?
gpt
Because I have his gun here in the boat.
human
What?