The crowd again broke out into tumultuous shouts at some bit of pleasing denunciation.
"Where are the police?" said Mr. Baldwin. "They ought to stop this."
I pointed to three or four members of the force who were standing near the speaker, apparently indifferent to his language.
"That's a scandalous neglect of duty," said Mr. Baldwin. "But we had better go about our unfortunate errand."
We had gone but two steps, however, before a hand grasped me by the shoulder.
"Glad to see you, Hampden. Glad to see you interested in the cause of the people. Welcome to our reception!"
It was the voice of Parks, giving boisterous greeting as he shook me by the hand.
"Isn't he great?" he continued rapidly. "What do you think of his speech?"
There was pride of authorship in his inquiry, and every movement testified to the excitement and pleasure that thrilled him.
"Is this your first performance?" I asked.