But this did not matter.
"Well," he resumed, "if you agree to my proposition, we'll get a lawyer to fix it up.

In a way, it's some relief to know Helen has enough, and now I'm going to talk to her." He found her in the next room and she gave him a smile.

"I expect mother has told you I'm not as poor as you thought.

Are you pleased or not ?" "I'm pleased for your sake, because there's not much risk of your finding things too hard, but I'd have been proud to marry you if you had nothing at all." "Not even a certain prettiness ?" Helen asked.
"Your beauty's something to be thankful for; but after all it's, so to speak, an accident, like your money.

It wasn't your beauty, but you, I fell in love with." Helen blushed.