Of course you couldn’t borrow it.

Nora.

No? Why not?

Mrs. Linden.

Why, a wife can’t borrow without her husband’s consent.

Nora.

[Tossing her head.] Oh! when the wife has some idea of business, and knows how to set about things——

Mrs. Linden.

But, Nora, I don’t understand——

Nora.