Mrs. Dot.
It’s a way shares have when fools buy them.
Gerald.
But I daresay I could have weathered that, only a pal of mine got into a hole, and I backed a bill for him.
Mrs. Dot.
You don’t mean to say you did that?
Gerald.
I was obliged to. I couldn’t let him go under without trying to do something.
Mrs. Dot.