Regina.

Well, what then?

Engstrand.

Why, you see, I thought of putting the money into some paying speculation. I thought of a sort of a sailor’s tavern——

Regina.

Pah!

Engstrand.

A regular high-class affair, of course; not any sort of pig-sty for common sailors. No! damn it! it would be for captains and mates, and—and—regular swells, you know.

Regina.

And I was to——?