"Do not say that, mamma."
"Yes you are. You don't understand all that he might be with this girl's fortune, and what he must be unless he gets money by marriage. He is eating us both up."
"I would not let him do that, mamma."
"It's all very well to say that, but I have some heart. I love him. I could not see him starve. Think what he might be with 20,000 a-year!"
"If he is to marry for that only, I cannot think that they will be happy."

"Do not say that, mamma."
"You don't understand all that he might be with this girl's fortune, and what he must be unless he gets money by marriage. He is eating us both up."
"I would not let him do that, mamma."
"It's all very well to say that, but I have some heart. I love him. I could not see him starve. Think what he might be with 20,000 a year!"
"If he is to marry for that only, I cannot think that they will be happy."
