"Yes; said he didn't exist at all."
"Good! Then how could he have been a snob?"
"Why, while of course I have no sympathy with his conclusions, Dr. Preachly handled that point pretty well. It certainly is true that in the homes of the rich there is a lavishness of gifts that you don't find in the homes of the poor, and therefore Santa Claus treats the rich better than he does the poor. We all know that."
"Hum!" said the Idiot. "And so it is Santa Claus who is the snob, eh, and not Fortune?"
"Well, Dr. Preachly did not touch upon that. All he said was that Santa Claus was a snob for favoring 'high society' and in many cases absolutely ignoring the submerged."
"But I don't see how," said the Idiot.
"Suppose he brings a diamond necklace to the daughter of a Crœsus?"
"Precisely," said the Idiot.
