"That is true, but I shall not be able to afford any dot for Renée."
"I will see to that."
"What! You, professor? How can you provide a dot out of your slender income?"
"I never said I was going to find my fiancée's dowry out of my income, nor do I intend to borrow it."
"Then how will you find the money?"
"You need not have any anxiety on that score, the moment the money is wanted the money will be here."
"So you have the money ready?"
"Not a sou."
"And you intend to get it almost immediately?"
"Yes, within a week."