human
I'm afraid, he said,
gpt
I'm very much afraid that some of our people are inclined to go too far. Malcolmson, for instance. I can't understand Malcolmson. After all the man's a gentleman.
human
But, I said,
gpt
Malcolmson wants to fight. He always said so.
human
Quite so, quite so. We all said so. I've said so myself; but it was always on the distinct understanding--
gpt
That it would never come to that. I've heard Babberly say so.
human
But--damn it all, Kilmore!--it doesn't do to push things to these extremes. The whole business has been mismanaged. The people have got out of hand; and there's Malcolmson, a man who's dined at my table a score of times, actually egging them on. Now, what do you think we ought to do?
gpt
The Government is threatening you, I suppose?
human
It's growling, said Moyne.
gpt
Not that I care what the Government does to me. It can't do much. But I do not want her ladyship mixed up in anything unpleasant. It won't do, you know. People don't like it. I don't mind for myself, of course. But still it's very unpleasant. Men I know keep writing to me. You know the sort of thing I mean.
human
It is quite a different thing from the