"No, it isn't that; but I am afraid I haven't enough money with me. I paid quite a large amount at the café, this morning. I didn't expect to spend so much to-day. Would you be kind enough to lend me what I need?"
"I would do so with the most lively satisfaction, my estimable friend; but, as I was feeling in my pocket just now, I discovered that I have forgotten my purse; which, by the way, happens quite often, for I am very absent-minded. I may add that, when I made that discovery, I intended to borrow a few francs of you—as is often done between good friends; for what's the use of friendship, if not to oblige? O divine friendship! gift of the gods!"
"Mon Dieu! what are we going to do, if we haven't enough money between us to pay for our dinner?"
"Don't you be alarmed! I have found myself in that position more than once. You can leave your cane in pawn."
"My cane! When it was whole, that might have been—but now I can only offer some pieces of a cane as a pledge."
"Then leave your watch, my friend."
"I haven't worn it since my last one was stolen."
"But don't worry! They will give us credit on our respectable appearance."
"Let me see; with every sou I can find—— Search your pockets, too."
"Oh! that's useless; I never carry money loose in my pockets. I have my purse, or I haven't it."