"And now I tell you that you mayn't. It's of no use your going on there to ask her, for she will only send you away with an answer you won't like. Look here, Mr. Cheesacre; you want to get married, and it's quite time you should. There's my dear friend Charlie Fairstairs. How could you get a better wife than Charlie?"
"Charlie Fairstairs!" said Cheesacre, turning up his nose in disgust. "She hasn't got a penny, nor any one belonging to her. The man who marries her will have to find the money for the smock she stands up in."

"And now I tell you that you mayn't. It's of no use your asking her, for she will only send you away with an answer you won't like. Look here, Mr. Cheesacre; you want to get married, and there's my dear friend Charlie Fairstairs. How could you get a better wife than Charlie?"
"Charlie Fairstairs!" said Cheesacre in disgust. "She hasn't got a penny."
