"Very well. Alice, I say, knows that I cannot do this without money, and has offered the assistance which I want. I would rather that you should tell her how much I want, and that I want it now, than that I should do so. That is all. If you are half the woman that I take you to be, you will understand this well enough."

 without money, and has offered her assistance. I would rather that you should tell her how much I want, than that I should do so. That is all."
