But George knows he can't do that. Because$$$ absurdly$$$ inadequately$$$ in spite of himself$$$ almost$$$ he is a representative of the hope. And the hope is not false. No. It's just that George is like a man trying to sell a real diamond for a nickel$$$ on the street. The diamond is protected from all but the tiniest few$$$ because the great hurrying majority can never stop to dare to believe that it could conceivably be real.