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A poor man is forced into a hypocritical attitude towards
life--debarred from being intellectually honest. He cannot pay for the
necessary experience."
"There is something in what you say," Eames would assent. "But I fear
you are overstating your case."
"So did Demosthenes and Jesus Christ, and likewise Cicero and Julius
Caesar. Everybody overstates his case, particularly when he is anxious
to do something which he considers useful. I regard it as a real
grievance, Eames, not to be allowed to assist you financially. Having
never done a stroke of work in my life, I can talk freely about my
money. My grandfather was a pirate and slave-dealer. To my certain
knowledge, not a penny of his wealth was honestly come by. That ought
to allay your scruples about accepting it. NON OLET, you know. Let me
write you out a cheque for five hundred, there's a good fellow. Solely
as a means of smoothing over the anfractuosities of life and squeezing
all the possible pleasure out of it! What else is money made for? They
say you live on milk and salad.


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