I never in my life was more astonished than upon being told the sum this had cost; I think it was in hundreds of pounds, where I should have expected tens.” Sometimes, no doubt, this thrift descended to the ludicrous.
Morley shares his astonishment at the high costs of certain government actions, highlighting issues of thrift.
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