"Certainly I do;--if he should want it;--or, I should rather say, as much as he may want of it."
"Heavens and earth!" exclaimed Mr. Vavasor. "Alice, you must be mad."
"To part with my money to my friend?" said she. "It is a kind of madness of which I need not at any rate be ashamed."
"Tell me this, Alice; has he got any of it as yet?"

"Certainly I do, if he wants it - or some of it."
"Heavens and earth!" exclaimed Mr. Vavasor. "Alice, you must be mad."
"To give money to my friend?" said she. "It is a kind of madness of which I need not be ashamed."
"Tell me this, Alice; has he got any of it as yet?"
