"Then you won't give me the trifle I ask?"
"Trifle? I haven't got it."
"Where is it gone?"
"Gone to buy this watch. That took nearly the whole of it."
"It is indeed so? I thought you received it as a reward for picking up a pocketbook."
"I had to tell my aunt something. Otherwise they would ask me embarrassing questions."
"Ah, quelle invention!" exclaimed Felicie, playfully. "And you really have none of the money left?"
"No."
"Then there is only one way."
"What is that?"