human
Trafalgar Square!
gpt
Yes, said Dick, who had drawn rein again,
human
Which they generally do, or at least did, said the old man.
gpt
For instance, what can you make of this, neighbours? I have read a muddled account in a book--O a stupid book--called James' Social Democratic History, of a fight which took place here in or about the year 1887 (I am bad at dates). Some people, says this story, were going to hold a ward- mote here, or some such thing, and the Government of London, or the Council, or the Commission, or what not other barbarous half-hatched body of fools, fell upon these citizens (as they were then called) with the armed hand. That seems too ridiculous to be true; but according to this version of the story, nothing much came of it, which certainly _is_ too ridiculous to be true.
human
Well, quoth I,
gpt
And they put up with that?
human
We _had_ to put up with it; we couldn't help it.
gpt
You seem to know a great deal about it, neighbour! And is it really true that nothing came of it?
human
This came of it, said I,
gpt
What, of the bludgeoners? said the old man.
human
Poor devils!
gpt
No, no, said I,
human
Friend, I expect that you have been reading some rotten collection of lies, and have been taken in by it too easily.
gpt
I assure you, said I,
human
Well, well, I am sure you think so, neighbour, said the old man,