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I encountered the expression "with a view to gain", but am finding it difficult to understand it. Could you please let me know what it means? Here is the excerpt:
Here and there children had begun their castles—some working silently and alone upon battlements that no one must tamper with, others forming syndicates and working together at vast Norman strongholds with turrets and moats. A tired-looking man in a neckerchief was designing an ornate palace with a view to gain, calling plaintively to people to throw pennies into a sodden upturned cap. A sturdy little team of donkeys had already begun work and had a waiting list of riders. Everywhere people were settling down to the day with a certainty of unclouded sunshine.
- R. C. Sherriff, The Fortnight in September, Chapter 16
This is a novel published in 1931, which describes a fortnight in September in which an English family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Mary, Dick, and Ernie go on a holiday. On the sands, people are building sandcastles.
In this part, I wonder what this underlined expression means.
I vaguely assume that it means "some remarkable spectacle to see", but I am not sure what it means to "gain" a "view", so I just wanted to ask you.
Here and there children had begun their castles—some working silently and alone upon battlements that no one must tamper with, others forming syndicates and working together at vast Norman strongholds with turrets and moats. A tired-looking man in a neckerchief was designing an ornate palace with a view to gain, calling plaintively to people to throw pennies into a sodden upturned cap. A sturdy little team of donkeys had already begun work and had a waiting list of riders. Everywhere people were settling down to the day with a certainty of unclouded sunshine.
- R. C. Sherriff, The Fortnight in September, Chapter 16
This is a novel published in 1931, which describes a fortnight in September in which an English family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Mary, Dick, and Ernie go on a holiday. On the sands, people are building sandcastles.
In this part, I wonder what this underlined expression means.
I vaguely assume that it means "some remarkable spectacle to see", but I am not sure what it means to "gain" a "view", so I just wanted to ask you.
