I'd be ashamed to
go back on a thing the way you do. And I'm not going back on this.
For one thing, I have a duty to perform to you and Doyle, and
O'Donoghue and Sabina Gallagher, and the rector and the police
sergeant. In the next place, after all the trouble I've taken to carry
this scheme through, I'm not going to give in just at the moment of
success. I shall go in this morning and see O'Donoghue. To-morrow he
and I will drive over to Donard--"
"I can't give you a horse to-morrow," said the Major.
"You can if you like."
"I won't, then."
"Why not?"
"Because, if you go playing off fools' tricks on a judge, you'll end in
getting yourself put in prison. There is such a thing as contempt of
court, and judges are just about the most touchy men there are about
their dignity. They don't hesitate for an instant to--"
"A judge isn't a court," said Meldon, "when he hasn't got his wig on,
and besides an English judge has no jurisdiction in this country.
However, I'm not going down on my knees to you for the loan of a horse
and trap. If you don't choose to oblige me in the matter of your own
free will I won't place myself under any obligation to you.
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