27/37 Besides, who can leave the city poor? And for insubordination there are the prisons--dark and miserable--out of sight below. There are prisons now for many things." "And a third of the people wear this blue canvas ?" "More than a third. Toilers, living without pride or delight or hope, with the stories of Pleasure Cities ringing in their ears, mocking their shameful lives, their privations and hardships. Too poor even for the Euthanasy, the rich man's refuge from life. |