human
An original speech, upon my word, Belward,
gpt
You are expected to lunch or something to-morrow, Belward, you remember? Devil of a speech that! But, if you will 'allow me to speak, me noble lord,' you are the rankest Conservative of us all.
human
Don't you know that the easiest constitutional step is from a republic to an autocracy, and vice versa?
gpt
I don't know it, and I don't know how you do it.
human
Do what?
gpt
Make them think as you do.
human
I don't. I try to think as they do. I am always in touch with the primitive mind.
gpt
You ought to do great things here, Belward, said the other seriously.
human
You have the trick; and we need wisdom at Westminster.
gpt
Don't be mistaken; I am only adaptable. There's frank confession.
human
Half-breed upstart!
gpt
The Whisk o' Barley.