human
The little excursion doesn't seem to commend itself to you,
gpt
No, answered Ingleby drily,
human
I can't say it does. I had looked forward to spending a quiet day on the moors to-morrow. It will in all probability be the last Sunday I shall ever pass in this country. Besides, considering that I don't even belong to the Society, this notice is a trifle peremptory. Why should the Committee confidently expect my co-operation in enforcing the right of way through Willow Dene? I certainly did not tell anybody to keep me a place in the wagonette, which they are good enough to intimate has been done.
gpt
Still, after that speech you made you will have to go. You're in sympathy with the movement, anyway?
human
I don't know what came over me that night, and, to tell the truth, Leger, I've been almost sorry I got up ever since. It was, in one way, an astonishing piece of assurance, and I can't help a fancy that most of those who heard me must have known a good deal more about the subject than I did.
gpt
It's not altogether improbable, and his companion laughed.
human
In fact, twice when you made a point I heard a man behind me quoting your authorities. Still, they didn't expect you to be original.
gpt
One or two of the others certainly were; but that's not quite the question. Of course, there is no excuse for the closing of Willow Dene, but driving out in wagonettes on Sunday doesn't quite appeal to me. It's over three miles, too, unfortunately. One has, after all, to consider popular--prejudice--you see.