Wee Willie's pal was released from prison about a week ago. No Wee Willie available to greet him upon his return to society.
Okay, so the guy turned out to be a degenerate, not one of the nicest sorts of people; not anybody I'd like to hang around with.
However, the Bostonian Drunkard was a
friend of his, and friends stick with friends no matter what.
Now, given the heinous nature of the guy's crimes, it's not reasonable to demand that the Bostonian Drunkard insist, no, he was a nice guy, a decent and civilized guy, and we all just misunderstood him.
It is reasonable however to expect the Bostonian Drunkard to express sentiments such as, "Well, he did the crime, he did his time. And one hopes that he learned something, and goes on to better things in life."
Something along those lines.
But the Bostonian Drunkard hasn't said a damned thing.