“Ask monks for money? They take it, but they don’t give it.”
“Ask your friends, then.”
“I have no friends.”
“You are to be pitied, but the reason probably is that you have never been a friend to anyone. You ought to say masses, that is a good way of getting money.”
“I am unknown.”
“You must wait, then, till you are known, and then you can make up for lost time.”
“Your suggestions are idle; you will surely give me a few sequins.”
“I can’t spare any.”
“Wait for the dean. He will be back to-morrow. You can talk to him and persuade him to lend me some money. You can tell him that I will pay it back.”
“I cannot wait, for I am setting out on my journey directly, and were he here this moment I should not have the face to tell him to lend you money after all his generous treatment of you, and when he or anyone can see that you have all you need.”