"I do stand in the way: you do not owe me this sacrifice; we do not bear the same name."
"We are the sons of the same mother, and I do not want her to die of grief and shame at seeing you insolvent."
"I have no more desire for such a disgrace than my mother has. I will marry."
"For money? In my mother's eyes, and in mine, as well as in yours, my brother, that would be worse still,—you know it perfectly well!"
"Well, then, I will accept a place."
"Worse, still worse!"
"No, there is nothing worse for me than the pain of ruining you."
"I shall not be ruined."
"And may I not know the whole amount of my debts?"
"It is of no use; enough that you have pledged your word that there is none unknown to the notary, who has charge of the settlement. I have only requested you to be so good as to look over some of these papers to prove their correctness, if that be possible. You have verified them; that is enough, the rest does not concern you."