It is easier for me to ask here in the free open country, where the space seems to give us breathing room for our cramped lungs and minds!" "Well," she said kindly; she wondered what he could have to say.
"I am a little nervous of offending you," he continued, "and yet I trust you.

It is only this.

You said you had come to the end of your money, and that you must go home.

It seems a pity when you are getting better.
I have so much more than I need.

I don't offer it to you as a gift, but I thought if you wished to stay longer, a loan from me would not be quite impossible to you.