"
"It's their own fault."
"Yes. But if you burn or cut yourself, through ignorance, that doesn't
make the pain any the less."
"They don't look like a crowd which could give us trouble."
"They are just the kind who can. They are men lifted off their common
sense, and therefore capable of thinking they can do anything, just as
John Brown expected to conquer Virginia with forty men."
"But there's no danger of their getting the upper hand."
"No. Yet I wish we had orders to clear the Park now, while there are
comparatively few here, or else to go back to our armories, and let them
have their meeting in peace. Our being here will only excite them."
"Hear that," said Ray, as the crowd gave a great roar as another
regiment came up Park Place, across the Park and spread out so as to
cover Broadway.
As they sat, New Yorkers began to rise and begin business. But many
seemed to have none, and drifted into the Park. Some idlers came from
curiosity, but most seemed to have some purpose other than the mere
spectacle.
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