"No, I suppose not," said Eames, sadly.
"Perhaps it's best as it is," said the earl. "I don't know that any good would be got by knocking him over the head. And if we are to be Christians, I suppose we ought to be Christians."
"What sort of a Christian has he been?"
"That's true enough; and if I was Bernard, I should be very apt to forget my Bible lessons about meekness."
"Do you know, my lord, I should think it the most Christian thing in the world to pitch into him; I should, indeed. There are some things for which a man ought to be beaten black and blue."
"So that he shouldn't do them again?"
"Exactly. You might say it isn't Christian to hang a man."
"I'd always hang a murderer. It wasn't right to hang men for stealing sheep."
"Much better hang such a fellow as Crosbie," said Eames.
"Well, I believe so. If any fellow wanted now to curry favour with the young lady, what an opportunity he'd have."