‘Then he would not be so rich as the other match box makers.’
‘Well?’
‘And he would have to live in a smaller house.’
‘Well?’
‘And give up his carriage.’
‘Well?’
‘Then he’ll be damned if he’ll do it, Vickey, so there!’
‘That may be; I am only talking of what he ought to do. But I think you are wrong. He would, if he knew, only he does not know. Perhaps the clergyman sometimes forgets to tell him. Never mind that; let us go on; it is so amusing. Tell me some other ways of making money.’
‘Well, you invest in Companies, and take the profits as they come.’
‘Without asking how the profits are made, how the people live that make the profits?’