I assumed the role of the defunct.

Now I haven't any money; I've overdrawn my balance and my salary; Portlaw is bilious, peevish, unapproachable.

If I asked you for a loan I'd only fall a victim again to my insatiable scientific curiosity.

So I'll just lie here and browse on cigarettes and grape-fruit until something happens--" "If you need any money--" "I told you that we are more or less alike," nodded Malcourt.

"Your offer is partly traditional, partly impulsive, altogether ill-considered, and does your intelligence no credit!" Hamil laughed.
"All the same it's an offer," he said, "and it stands.