"He doesn't mean what he says, Michael. He's only saying it to frighten me. He's been holding it over me for years.
"Say you'll have nothing to do with it. Say you won't touch his old Review."
"Could I go to Ireland for you?"
"You couldn't."
"Why not? What do you think you're going to do there?"
"I'm going to pull the Nationalists together, so that if there's civil war in Ireland, the Irish will have a chance to win. Thank God for Carson! He's given us the opportunity we wanted."
"Tell him he's not to go, Michael. He won't listen to me, but he'll mind what you say."
"I want to go instead of him."
"You can't go instead of me. Nobody can go instead of me."
"I can go with you."