"At what?"
"At grand opera."
"How'll you get the money?"
"Of Stanley, if necessary. That's why I asked his address. I shan't ask for much. He'll not refuse."
"A few minutes ago you were talking of self-respect."
"As something I hoped to get. It comes with independence. I'll pay any price to get it."
"Any price?" said he, and never before had she seen his self-control in danger.
"I shan't ask Stanley until my other plans have failed."
"What other plans?"
"I am going to ask Mrs. Belloc for the money. She could afford to give—to lend—the little I'd want. I'm going to ask her in such a way that it will be as hard as possible for her to refuse. That isn't ladylike, but—I've dropped out of the lady class."