The next thing is to get it.

It is a mere detail, I know; but I should like to settle it before we go any further." "But how can I tell you that?
You forget that I am quite unacquainted with your affairs.

You are a man, and understand business, which of course I dont." "If you wanted five hundred pounds, Miss Lind, how would you set about getting it ?--if I may ask." "What?
I! But, as I say, I am only a woman.

I should ask my father for it, or sign a receipt for my trustees, or something of that sort." "That is a very simple plan.

But unfortunately I have no father and no trustees.