"And if as much more is wanted for the next election he shall have it."
"Very well, my dear;--very well, If you choose to make a beggar of yourself, I cannot help it. Indeed, I shall not complain though he should spend all your money, if you do not marry him at last." In answer to this, Alice said nothing. On that point her father's wishes were fast growing to be identical with her own.
"I tell you fairly what are my feelings and my wishes," he continued. "Nothing, in my opinion, would be so deplorable and ruinous as such a marriage. You tell me that you have made up your mind to take him, and I know well that nothing that I can say will turn you. But I believe that when he has spent all your money he will not take you, and that thus you will be saved. Thinking as I do about him, you can hardly expect that I should triumph because he has got himself into Parliament with your money!"

If as much is wanted for the next election he shall have it."
"Very well, my dear. If you choose to make a beggar of yourself, I cannot help it. Indeed, I shall not complain about him spending all your money, if you do not marry him at last."
Alice said nothing. On that point her father's wishes were fast growing to be identical with her own.
"I tell you what I think," he continued. "Nothing, in my opinion, would be so deplorable and ruinous as such a marriage. You tell me that you have made up your mind to take him, and I know that nothing that I can say will turn you. But I believe that when he has spent all your money he will not take you after all. You can hardly expect that I should triumph because he has got himself into Parliament with your money!"
