A thought like this happened to slip through my head by accident: How much would make you or me comfortable?
A hundred thousand.

Yet you are expecting two or three of--these inventions of yours to turn out some billions of money--and you are wanting them to do that.

If you wanted ten millions, I could understand that--it's inside the human limits.

But billions! That's clear outside the limits.

There must be a definite project back of that somewhere." The earl's interest and surprise augmented with every word, and when Hawkins finished, he said with strong admiration: "It's wonderfully reasoned out, Washington, it certainly is.