“Have you suddenly fallen heir to a fortune?”
“Of course not; why?”
“Why? Why, what are you going to get married on?”
“How do you mean?”
“I mean who’s to foot the bills?”
“I have my income, have I not?”
“Oh, your income. Oh, to be sure. Let’s see—how many thousands did it amount to last year?”
“It amounted to fifteen hundred.”
“Fifteen hundred what?”
“Hundred dollars.”