Arthur put his hands in his pockets, seemingly still savoring the conversation with Palmerston: "He even gave me a lesson on morality, including but not limited to: not meddling, not inciting, not taking sides, not being responsible. If we were to summarize this conversation in diplomatic terms, it would be nothing more than 'full exchange of views, both sides exchanged concerns frankly'."
"So, put more plainly?"
Arthur paused, a mischievous smile appearing at the corners of his mouth: "I probably hinted to him, if there were another Peterloo, I'd rather order the police to shoot not at the rioters, but at the politicians who ordered the army forward."
Schneider heard Arthur's words "rather shoot politicians," and instantly clicked his tongue, like he'd just taken a sip of watered-down gin: "Are you planning to throw everything away and quit being a Civil Servant? Come on, buddy, if you plan to run for Parliament later, you can't say such things there."
