Many of the men stretched out full length on the dripping wet grass, and, with the rain falling steadily upon them, were sleeping the sleep of exhaustion.
And now I wish to criticise the powers that be.

They _are_ the powers, therefore they may decree whatever they please; so I make bold only to criticise the ridiculousness of their decrees.

All night long they make the homeless ones walk up and down.

They drive them out of doors and passages, and lock them out of the parks.

The evident intention of all this is to deprive them of sleep.