"Leave that to follow as it may," said John Grey. "Our first object must be to sever her from a man, who is, as you say, himself on the verge of ruin; and who would certainly make her wretched. I am here now, not because I wish her to be my own wife, but because I wish that she should not become the wife of such a one as your nephew. If I were you I would let him have her money."
"If you were I, you would have nothing more to do with it than the man that is as yet unborn. I know that she will give him her money because she has said so; but I have no power as to her giving it or as to her withholding it. That's the hardship of my position;--but it is of no use to think of that now."

"Leave that to follow as it may," said John Grey. "Our first object must be to sever her from a man who is on the verge of ruin; and who would certainly make her wretched. I am here not because I wish her to be my own wife, but because I wish that she should not marry such a one as your nephew. If I were you I would let him have her money."
"If you were me, you would have no say in the matter. I know that she will give him her money; but I have no power over her."
