Nor would she, perhaps, have been unalterably opposed to his taking Alice's money, had Alice simply been his cousin. She felt that as Vavasors they were bound to stand by the future head of the family in an attempt which was to be made, as she felt, for the general Vavasor interest. 
Perhaps she would not have been so opposed to his taking Alice's money, if Alice had simply been his cousin, supporting him in the general Vavasor interest. 