human
You're quite right, dear Uncle Jimmy, she said.
gpt
That's what strikes one when one gets into country life a little. The system may not be perfect, but it works splendidly with the right people to look after it.
human
What do you know about the system?
gpt
Oh, I've been reading, she said.
human
I read a lot when you are up in London, Dad, and don't want looking after.
gpt
I don't see much wrong with the system, said Richard Mansergh.
human
It's worked jolly well for hundreds of years, and it's only the Radicals who want to upset it.
gpt
The naughty wicked Radicals, of course! said Beatrix.
human
I like them better than the Tories myself. I once met Mr. Birrell, and he's the sweetest old lamb in the world.
gpt
One swallow doesn't make a summer, said Richard.
human
Wait till you've met a few more.
gpt
They'd like to turn us all out, he said.
human
But we won't _be_ turned out--not without a struggle. I don't think there's much wrong with the system either, and I'd rather see young Denis Rector of Surley than one of Father Brill's communities there.
gpt
Oh, so would I, said Ella,
human
Do you think the Bishop will appoint him?
gpt
I don't know, she said.
human
If I knew I'd say so. But I do know that whatever he does it won't be because he's afraid of what people will say about him.
gpt
Come and look at the rock-garden,