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This is appalling! Ha, ha, ha! Beggars going to the Land of Hopes!



Who wants to go to the Land of Hopes?

Buy the Dollarson shares.



Wait a bit. So you’re going to the Land of Hopes?



Yes, to the Land of Hopes, as it’s named, but they also call it the Land of Justice, the Land of Fulfilment, the New Paradise, the Star of the Sea, and so on.



Yes, it’s also named the Land of New Happiness.



Ha, ha, ha! So you—ha, ha, ha!—you think perhaps that the New Land wants you? That the New Land first of all has need of you? That—ha, ha, ha!—this is awful—ha, ha!—that all it lacks are beggars? Oh, what jolly travellers you are! God bless me! it’s the right people have chosen the right destination.



Sir, we are seeking happiness.



Happiness!—ay, happiness. I wish you much happiness in finding this happiness of yours! The New Land is just waiting for you. Oh, to be sure, there’s nothing