Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
Page | 374 |
Chapter | -- |
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`I was laughing because you said you think this world is hell.' `Well, I don't see nothing to laugh at in that,' said Crass. `So it IS a 'ell,' said Easton. `There can't be anywheres much worse than this.' `'Ear, 'ear,' said the man behind the moat. `What I was laughing at is this,' said Owen. `The present system of managing the affairs of the world is so bad and has produced such dreadful results that you are of the opinion that the earth is a hell: and yet you are a Conservative! You wish to preserve the present system - the system which has made the world into a hell!' `I thought we shouldn't get through the dinner hour without politics if Owen was 'ere,' growled Bundy. `Bloody sickenin' I call it.' |