The answer is: Nora is manipulating Doctor Rank for a favor.
In Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House," Doctor Rank does not know that Nora intends to influence him cleverly so that he gives her the money to pay for her debts. However, once he reveals that he is in love with her, she changes her mind and decides not to ask him anything - she tells him that she does not really need help.
