human
Well, she said, with a little gleam in her eyes,
gpt
I really think I, at least, have listened to you with patience; but your views are likely to lead you into trouble. Where did you get them?
human
To tell the truth, I often wonder myself. In any case, it wasn't from my father. He was a staunch and consistent churchman, and kept a little book shop. You can see it in the High Street now. He sold books--and papers behind the counter; I would like you to remember this. Still, as I said, he was consistent, and there was literature he would not handle, nor when they made him a councillor would he wink at certain municipal jobbery. The latter fact was duly remembered when his lease fell in, as well as on other occasions, and when he died, when I was fourteen, there was nothing left for me. He was a scholar, and an upright man--as well as a Tory of the old school and a high churchman.
gpt
Is it very unusual for a scholar to be either of the latter then?
human
Well, said Ingleby, with a little twinkle in his eyes,