"If I were to marry her, and if the money wasn't there, it would be very like cutting my throat then, mother. If a man plays and loses, he can play again and perhaps win; but when a fellow goes in for an heiress, and gets the wife without the money, he feels a little hampered you know."

 if I were to marry her, and if the money wasn't there, it would be like cutting my throat. There'd be no going back."
