He stood a few moments in profound thought, contemplating and comprehending this triumph of wheels.
"It is a great invention," he said quietly.

And when they were seated in the long airy car, he looked out of the window, and asked whether the people in the first stories of the houses did not find it very disagreeable to have trains running by their windows all day.
"The social and municipal economy of New York," explained Mr.Barker, "consists in one-third of the population everlastingly protesting against the outrageous things done by the other two-thirds.

One-third fights another third, and the neutral third takes the fees of both parties.

All that remains is handed over to the deserving poor." "That is the reason, I suppose, why there are so few poor in New York," observed the Doctor with a smile.
"Exactly," said Barker; "they go West." "I would like to discuss the political economy of this country with you, when I have been here six months." "I hope you will not.

And when you have been here six months you will be willing to pay a large sum rather than discuss it with any one." And so they went up town, and Claudius watched everything with interest, and occasionally made a remark.