She went down under a flood of jeers, and rose to the surface again to say—
'A man's petition, praying Parliament for goodness' sake give those women the vote! Yes, you'd better be seeing about that petition, my friends, for I tell you there isn't going to be any peace till we get the franchise.'
'Aw now, they'd give you anything!'
When the jeering had died a little, and she came to the top once more, she was discovered to be shouting—
'You men 'ad just better keep an eye on us——'
'Can't take our eyes off yer!'
'We Suffragettes never have a Day of Rest! Every day in the week, while you men are at work or sitting in the public-house, we are visiting the women in their homes, explaining and stirring them up to a sense of their wrongs.'
'This I should call an example of what not to say!' remarked a shrewd-looking man with a grin.
The crowd were ragging the speaker again, while she shouted—