He wants to maintain the tidy and comfortable belief, beloved by Victorians of all epochs, that thrift is always a virtue.
All Victorians believe that thrift is always a virtue.
Victorians especially enjoy wasting money on lavish goods and never hunting for a bargain.
It turns out I was thinking along the wrong lines.
A child is in the middle of a crowd with their hands raised.
He seems to be a straight man.
A woman is standing next to two guys, one of them wearing a hat, the other holding something.
A female puts something in a container.
Space exploration is useless.