"That will depend upon money, I suppose. What makes you ask?"
"Of course I have been very cruelly circumstanced. Everybody must see that. I'm sure you do, mamma. The long and the short of it is this;--if I give up my engagement, will he take us abroad for a year?"
"Why should he?"
"You can't suppose that I should be very comfortable in England. If we are to remain here at Caversham, how am I to hope ever to get settled?"
"Sophy is doing very well."

"That will depend upon money, I suppose. What makes you ask?"
"Of course I have been very cruelly circumstanced. Everybody must see that. The long and the short of it is this; if I give up my engagement, will he take us abroad for a year?"
"Why should he?"
"You can't suppose that I should be comfortable in England. If we are to remain here at Caversham, how am I ever to get settled?"
"Sophy is doing very well."
