Mrs. Greenow assured him that it should be paid as soon as possible after the nuptial benediction had been said over them. She offered, indeed, to pay it at once if he was in distress for it, but he answered contemptuously that he never was in distress for money. 
Mrs. Greenow offered to pay it at once if he needed it, but he answered contemptuously that he was never in distress for money.
