"That sounds hopeless," said Dillwyn, laughing.
"It is hopeless. Really I don't see, sometimes, what a fellow's life is good for. I believe the people who have to work for it, have after all the best time!"
"They work to live," said the other.
"I suppose they do."
"Therefore you are going round in a circle. If life is worth nothing, why should one work to keep it up?"
"Well, what is it worth, Dillwyn? Upon my word, I have never made it out satisfactorily."
"Look here—we cannot talk in this place. Have you ever been to
Torcello?"
"No."
"Suppose we take a gondola and go?"
"Now? What is there?"