"Well;--I can't explain to you all about it, because you hate those kinds of things."
"And because I am such a fool."
"I don't think you're a fool at all, but it would take a week. But it's absolutely essential for me to take up a lot of shares in the city to-morrow;--or perhaps Wednesday might do. 
"Well, it would take a week to explain it all, but it's absolutely essential for me to take up a lot of shares in the city tomorrow; or perhaps Wednesday. 