"Why do you speak of another chance? Do you think—?"
"Oh, don't ask me what I think. I take it for granted that—"
"Yes? Please tell me. What is it that you take for granted?"
"What good would it do for me to tell you?"
"It would do the good that I should know."
"Well, then, I take it for granted, since you insist, that you've done something, somewhere—"
"And still you'd lend me as much money as I asked for?"
"What difference does it make to me? I want you to have another chance. I shouldn't want it if you didn't need it; and you wouldn't need it unless there was something wrong with you. There! Is that plain enough? But because there is something wrong with you I want to come in and help you put it right. I don't care who you are or what you've done, so long as those are the facts."
"But I'm obliged to care, don't you see? If I were to take advantage of your generosity—"
"Tell me truthfully now. Would you do it if I were a man, a friend, who insisted on helping you to start again?"