5/27 "A beautiful dream," she repeated with a sigh. "Wait a few years, only a few, and you'll see the discoveries of science make everything so cheap that vulgar, vain people will give up vulgarity and vanity in despair. A good many of the once aristocratic vulgarities have been cheapened into absurdity already. The rest will follow." "Only a few years ?" said Del, laughing, yet more than half-convinced. "Don't be afraid to be sensible just because most people look on common sense as insanity. |