I insist on being paid now.

I won't give you any further delay; because, in three months' time, you will have used your last resources.

It is no use saying 'No,' like that.

You are in one of those conditions that must be continued at any price.

You would burn the wood from your dying mother's bed to warm this creature's feet.
Where did you obtain the ten thousand francs that you left with her the other evening?
Who knows what you will next attempt to procure money?
The idea of keeping her fifteen days, three days, a single day more, may lead you far.