human
My niece has very broad ideas, Lady Somerham went on.
gpt
Some of her fellow landowners in Devonshire are very much annoyed with the way she has been getting rid of her property.
human
Lady Jane, he pronounced drily,
gpt
Well, my husband gave two hundred thousand pounds of good, hard-earned money for Stoughton, where we live, Mrs. Ward Levitte intervened.
human
So far as I know, the money wasn't stolen from anybody, and I should say that the robbery would begin if the Socialists, or whatever they call themselves, tried to take it away from us to distribute amongst their followers. What do you think, Mr. Tallente? My husband, as I dare say you know, is a banker and a very hard-working man.
gpt
I agree with you, he replied.
human
One of the pleasing features of the axioms of Socialism adopted by the Democratic Party is that it respects the rights of the wealthy as well as the rights of the poor man. The Democrats may--in fact, they most certainly will--legislate to prevent the hoarding of wealth or to have it handed down to unborn generations, but I can assure you that it does not propose to interfere with the ethics of _meum_ and _tuum_.
gpt
I wish I could make out what it's all about,
human
Couldn't you give a drawing-room lecture, Mr. Tallente, and tell us?
gpt
I am unfortunately a little short of time for such missionary enterprise, Tallente replied, with unappreciated sarcasm.
human
Dartrey's volume on 'Socialism in Our Daily Life' will tell you all about it.
gpt
Far too dry, she sighed.
human
I tried to read it but I never got past the first half-dozen pages.
gpt
Some day, Tallente observed coolly,
human
Lady Jane, she begged,
gpt
We're getting what we asked for,