"How, I beg you, Miss Speedwell, is a man of no fortune and fewer prospects supposed to fund such an expedition?"
I puffed out my lips with impatience. "Really, Mr. Stoker, your lack of imagination is sorely trying. You might apply to subscribers. Wealthy people are always looking to spend their money in ways they can boast of to their friends. For that matter, your patrons need not be wealthy. You could advertise and take very small subscriptions from prosperous merchants and other up-and-comers. Promise them their name on plaques or to call a species after them. People love to have things they don't understand named for them."
(from A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn)
8*/10. The complete review is here.
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