"If you were I, you would have nothing more to do with it than the man that is as yet unborn. I know that she will give him her money because she has said so; but I have no power as to her giving it or as to her withholding it. That's the hardship of my position;--but it is of no use to think of that now."

"If you were me, you would have no say in the matter. I know that she will give him her money; but I have no power over her."
