human
Bland, I said.
gpt
How did you get here?
human
I spotted this window, said Bland,
gpt
Yes, I said.
human
What happened at the meeting?
gpt
Get me a whisky and soda, said Bland,
human
What happened? I said.
gpt
Did they hold the meeting?
human
They were holding it, said Bland,
gpt
What about the police?
human
They ran over the police, said Bland.
gpt
I don't think they killed many. There wasn't any shooting. The whole thing was done with a rush. Damned well done. You couldn't call it a charge. The police were drawn up in the middle of an open space where four or five roads met. The men kind of flowed over them. When the place was clear again, there weren't any police. That's all. Ah! here's the whisky!
human
What about Moyne? I said.
gpt
What did he do?
human
Oh! He stood up on the back seat of a carriage and began to make a speech. But that didn't matter.
gpt
What did he say?
human
I don't know. I didn't stay to listen. I expect he urged them not to kill any one. But it does not matter what he said. The men with rifles, the volunteers, began to march off at once, in good order, some in one direction, some in another. In five minutes there wasn't anybody left to listen to Lord Moyne except a few corner boys. I can tell you this, Lord Kilmore, there's a man with a head on his shoulders behind this insurrection. He has those men of his holding all the most important parts of the town. I got hold of a bicycle--
gpt
How? I said.
human
You're very wonderful, Bland. How did you get a bicycle in the middle of a battlefield?
gpt
Stole it, said Bland.
human
It belonged to a policeman, but he is probably dead, so he won't mind. I rode after two or three different parties of volunteers just to see where they were going. When I got back to the place of the meeting there was a body of cavalry trotting up. I had a sort of feeling that the battle would come this way. It ought to. This is the most important place in the town. All lines of communication meet here. Your side has brains enough to see that. The question is, will the soldiers attack them here? I chanced it. If there's any good fighting to-day it ought to be here.