Sentence 1: George's daughter had recently taken a huge interest in ballet. 
 Sentence 3: Still, for her birthday he wanted to do something nice 
 Sentence 4:  He found her a great pair of ballet slippers at a specialty shop 
 Sentence 5:  His daughter loved them and used them to teach herself to dance 
 Option 1: He didn't have the money to afford nice lessons. 
 Option 2: He didn't have the money to afford nice lessons and will never get her ballet slippers.