human
Yet I confess I don't comprehend Gladstone's conduct with regard to Egypt and Gordon's relief,
gpt
Perhaps, interposed my wife,
human
I suppose it was Gladstone's humanity that made him hesitate.
gpt
To bombard Alexandria?
human
That was a mistake to be expected of a Tory, but not of Mr. Gladstone, who seems always seeking the broadest principles of justice in his statesmanship.
gpt
Yes, we regard Mr. Gladstone as a very great man, Miss Forsythe. He is broad enough. You know we consider him a rhetorical phenomenon. Unfortunately he always 'muffs' anything he touches.
human
I suspected, Miss Forsythe replied, after a moment,