The Dreams

Dream 133

A prize worth a hundred pounds — I had never known more money than my tiny official salary. I hoped it would be first step on the path to prosperity.

After all, how many of my colleagues had started out at zero to become rich bigshots in the end? I asked some of them how to do this, but they told me not to ask about the way, for that was known to all.

Instead, they advised, “Ask about the person, and the time.”