"Do you like it?"
"It's tiptop. I wish I had that lamp I've been reading about."
"Aladdin's lamp?"
"Yes."
"What would you do?"
"Call for a lot of money."
"You are poor," said Brown, thoughtfully,
"Yes, I'm about as poor as I want to be. I've been lookin' round for a fortune for five or six years; but I haven't found it yet."
"What can you do?"
"I was a clerk in New York."