Awakening

"[...]Impress the public, my dear Aylward. Let solemnity without suggest opulence within, and the bread, or rather the granite, which you throw upon the waters will come back to you after many days." Mr. Aylward, for this conversation occurred before his merits or the depth of his purse had been rewarded by a baronetcy, looked at his partner in the impassive fashion for which he was famous, and answered: "You mix your metaphors, Haswell, but if you mean that the public are fools who must be caught by advertisement, I agree with [...]".