She murmured, in an imploring voice: "Listen, there is something that
you can do without borrowing money. I wanted to buy ten thousand francs'
worth of the loan to make a little nest-egg. Well, I will take twenty
thousand, and you shall stand in for half. You understand that I am not
going to hand the money over to Walter. So there is nothing to pay for
the present. If it all succeeds, you gain seventy thousand francs. If
not, you will owe me ten thousand, which you can pay when you please."