Engstrand.

No, I’m blest if I am!

Regina.

Not even of sending me a scrap of stuff for a new dress?

Engstrand.

Come to town with me, my lass, and you’ll soon get dresses enough.

Regina.

Pooh! I can do that on my own account, if I want to.

Engstrand.

No, a father’s guiding hand is what you want, Regina. Now, I’ve got my eye on a capital house in Little Harbour Street. They don’t want much ready-money; and it could be a sort of a Sailors’ Home, you know.