Of course I’ll give good security. I have plenty of property. Look here—these papers—just let me explain my position to you.

The Chamberlain.

[Waving the papers aside.] Is it pecuniary aid you want?

Monsen.

Not ready money; oh, no! But your support, Chamberlain. Of course I’ll pay for it—and give security, and——

The Chamberlain.

And you come to me with such a proposal as this?

Monsen.

Yes, precisely to you. I know you’ve often let bygones be bygones when a man was in real straits.

The Chamberlain.