Please listen. If you were at all a man of the world, I should not have to explain [pg 067] that in marrying into a noble house I bring my dot, my dowry—

PIKE

[puzzled]

Money, you mean?

ETHEL

If you choose to put it that way.

PIKE

You mean you want to put aside something of your own to buy a lot and fix up a place to start housekeeping—

ETHEL

No, no! I mean a settlement upon Mr. St. Aubyn directly.