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Chapter 6
Moneyyouhavetohave.Youneedn’treallyhaveanythingelse.Sothat’sthat!
Since,ofcourse,it’snotyourownfaultyouarealive.Onceyouarealive,moneyisanecessity,andtheonlyabsolutenecessity.Alltherestyoucangetalongwithout,atapinch.Butnotmoney.Emphatically,that’sthat!
ShethoughtofMichaelis,andthemoneyshemighthavehadwithhim;andeventhatshedidn’twant.ShepreferredthelesseramountwhichshehelpedCliffordtomakebyhiswriting.Thatsheactuallyhelpedtomake.--’CliffordandItogether,wemaketwelvehundredayearoutofwriting’;sosheputittoherself.Makemoney!Makeit!Outofnowhere.Wringitoutofthethinair!Thelastfeattobehumanlyproudof!Therestall-my-eye-Betty-Martin.
SosheploddedhometoClifford,tojoinforceswithhimagain,tomakeanotherstoryoutofnothingness:andastorymeantmoney.Cliffordseemedtocareverymuchwhetherhisstorieswereconsideredfirst-classliteratureornot.Strictly,shedidn’tcare.Nothinginit!saidherfather.Twelvehundredpoundslastyear!wastheretortsimpleandfinal.
Ifyouwereyoung,youjustsetyourteeth,andbitonandheldon,tillthemoneybegantoflowfromtheinvisible;itwasaquestionofpower.Itwasaquestionofwill;asubtle,subtle,powerfulemanationofwilloutofyourselfbroughtbacktoyouthemysteriousnothingnessofmoneyawordonabitofpaper.Itwasasortofmagic,certainlyitwastriumph.