human
as they were called, did, no doubt, make a good living out of the business, but so do most middlemen, and they need not have been permitted to make an exorbitant profit. But before going further, perhaps, I had better explain what a
gpt
is, as they, like the dodo, no longer exist. Well, then, they were a class of men who leased the turnpike tolls, each of them generally taking all the gates in a larger or smaller district. Sam Weller said they were
human
Misanthropes who levied tolls on mankind; but, as a general rule, these men did not collect themselves, but employed others to do it, who resided in the houses. Of course, these