C++ virtual function table memory cost

Consider:

class A
{
    public:
        virtual void update() = 0;
}

class B : public A
{
    public:
        void update() { /* stuff goes in here... */ }

    private:
        double a, b, c;
}

class C { 
  // Same kind of thing as B, but with different update function/data members
}

I'm now doing:

A * array = new A[1000];
array[0] = new B();
array[1] = new C();
//etc., etc.

If i call sizeof(B), the size returned is the size required by the 3 double members, plus some overhead required for the virtual function pointer table. Now, back to my code, it turns out that 'sizeof(myclass)' is 32; that is, I am using 24 bytes for my data members, and 8 bytes for the virtual function table (4 virtual functions). My question is: is there any way I can streamline this? My program will eventually use a heck of a lot of memory, and I don't like the sound of 25% of it being eaten by virtual functions pointers.