Well, you said that you were quite certain I was not a serious anarchist.

Does this place strike you as being serious ?" "It does seem to have a moral under all its gaiety," assented Syme; "but may I ask you two questions?
You need not fear to give me information, because, as you remember, you very wisely extorted from me a promise not to tell the police, a promise I shall certainly keep.

So it is in mere curiosity that I make my queries.

First of all, what is it really all about?
What is it you object to?
You want to abolish Government ?" "To abolish God!" said Gregory, opening the eyes of a fanatic.

"We do not only want to upset a few despotisms and police regulations; that sort of anarchism does exist, but it is a mere branch of the Nonconformists.