"Could you find time to decipher an inscription for me at once?"
"Of course I know you are extremely busy, but have you no assistant who could do it?"
"What did you say her name is? Miss Inwood?"
"Oh! And will the young lady translate the inscription at once if I send a copy of it to her by messenger?"
"Thank you very much, Professor. I will send a messenger to Miss Inwood with a copy of the inscription. Good-by."