"'No single soul your wealth can do any good for.'
"'I need it all for myself.'
"'You are hoarding money fast.'
"'I shall need it all when I can no longer work; the value of money decreases day by day. What is a fortune now will only be a pittance a very few years hence.'
"'All for yourself?'
"'Yes.'
"'Nothing will change you?'
"'Why should it? I have only myself to consider, and I mean to make more and more, and more, and never stop; there shall be no limit to what I shall acquire, it is the only thing I care about now in life.'
"'In addition,' said the Lion, 'you are cutting down every little comfort and every luxury you might enjoy because you are becoming frightened at every small expense.'
"'Yes, growing expenses are the worries of my life.'