It will be uncommonly awkward if I cannot get hold of the mater between now and Tuesday, Kate." "Loftus--_are_ you going to ask her to give you much money ?" "My dear child, you would think the sum I want enormous, but it isn't really.

Most fellows would consider it a trifle.

And I don't want her really to give it, Kate, only to lend it.

That's altogether a different matter, isn't it?
Of course I could borrow it elsewhere, but it seems a pity to pay a lot of interest when one's mother can put one straight." "I don't know how you are to pay the money back, Loftus." Loftus laughed.
"There are ways and means," he said.

"Am I going to take all the bloom off that young cheek by letting its owner into the secrets of Vanity Fair?
Come Kitty, go to bed, and don't fret about me, I'll manage somehow." "Loftus, how much money do you want mother to lend you ?" "What a persistent child you are.