I like justice, and we get very little of it.' 'Still shouting the battle-cry of freedom ?' asked Demi, peering through the banisters at this moment.

'Up with your flag! I'll stand by and lend a hand if you want it.

With you and Nan to lead the van, I think you won't need much help.' 'You are a great comfort, Demi, and I'll call on you in all emergencies; for you are an honest boy, and don't forget that you owe much to your mother and your sisters and your aunts,' continued Nan.

'I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

How can we think them so when such awful mistakes are being made all the time by these great creatures?
See them sick, as I do, then you know them.' 'Don't hit us when we are down; be merciful, and set us up to bless and believe in you evermore,' pleaded Demi from behind the bars.
'We'll be kind to you if you will be just to us.