He had made the great leap, and had overcome the only obstacle that Fate had placed in his way. In her great joy she almost forgot whence had come the money with which the contest had been won. She was not enthusiastic in many things;--about herself she was never so; but now she was elated with an enthusiasm which seemed to know no bounds. "I am proud," she said, in her letter to Alice. "No other thing that he could have done would have made me so proud of him. Had the Queen sent for him and made him an earl, it would have been as nothing to this. When I think that he has forced his way into Parliament without any great friend, with nothing to back him but his own wit"--she had, in truth, forgotten Alice's money as she wrote;--"that he has achieved his triumph in the metropolis, among the most wealthy and most fastidious of the richest city in the world, I do feel proud of my brother. And, Alice, I hope that you are proud of your lover." Poor girl! One cannot but like her pride, nay, almost love her for it, though it was so sorely misplaced. 
He had made the great leap, and had overcome the only obstacle that Fate had placed in his way - the lack of money. In her great joy and enthusiasm she almost forgot where the money had come from.
"I am proud," she wrote. "No other thing would have made me so proud of him. If the Queen had made him an earl, it would have been as nothing compared to this. When I think that he has forced his way into Parliament without any great friend, with nothing to back him but his own wit," - she had, in truth, forgotten Alice's money as she wrote - "I do feel proud of my brother. And, Alice, I hope that you are proud of your lover." Poor girl! 