Old Hammond

Clara

Clara is Old Hammond's granddaughter, showing affectionate respect and familial closeness.

Friend Walter

Friend Walter and Old Hammond are old friends who share memories and discuss history together.

Clara

Clara is Old Hammond's granddaughter, showing affectionate respect and familial closeness.

Clara

Clara is Old Hammond's granddaughter, showing affectionate respect and familial closeness.

Friend Walter

Friend Walter and Old Hammond are old friends who share memories and discuss history together.

Friend Walter

Friend Walter and Old Hammond are old friends who share memories and discuss history together.

VII: Trafalgar Square

The old man accompanying them, who questions the narrator's account of the 1887 protest and mentions a book called James' Social Democratic History.

An Old Friend

Dick's great-grandfather, who lives at the British Museum and is described as a custodian of books.

IX: Concerning Love

The elderly host who explains the modern views on love and relationships, and facilitates the reunion of Dick and Clara.

X: Question and Answers

Old Hammond provides detailed answers about the disappearance of industrial districts, the revival of villages, the transformation of Oxford, and the clearing of London slums, expressing joy in the present happiness.

XI: Concerning Government

Old Hammond explains that the old government was merely the machinery of tyranny, and that in the free society, no such government exists; the whole people is the parliament.

XII: Concerning the Arrangement of Life

Old Hammond explains the abolition of civil and criminal law, the roots of crime in private property, and the society's reliance on habit and goodwill.

XIII: Concerning Politics

Old Hammond answers the Guest's question about politics, stating that they have none.

XIV: How Matters Are Managed

Old Hammond explains the communal decision-making process through Motes, defends the system against charges of tyranny, and dismisses the old political rivalries as artificial and unnecessary.

XV: On the Lack of Incentive to Labour in a Communist Society

Old Hammond provides a detailed explanation of how work has become pleasurable, contrasting the new system with the exploitative practices of the nineteenth century.

XVI: Dinner in the Hall of the Bloomsbury Market

Old Hammond explains the nature of art and imagination, and expresses joy at having regained a childlike perspective on life.

How the Change Came

Narrates the history of the social change, explaining the failures of State Socialism and the rise of worker organization.

XVIII: The Beginning of the New Life

Old Hammond narrates the story of the Great Change, describing the civil war, the destruction of wealth, and the emergence of art as a necessary part of labor.

XIX: The Drive Back to Hammersmith

Wise and slightly ominous, hints that the Guest may return to his own people with a message, and warns of a temporary happiness.