Then Cedric looked at him as if he suspected some arriere pensee.
"No, he has lost a good bit of money lately--invested it in some rotten concern or other.

Jacobi says he can't afford to have a wife." "I should have thought he would have said the same of you," rather pointedly.

"He must be aware that you have only an allowance from your sisters ?" And at this plain speaking Cedric reddened again with annoyance.
"I suppose I shall have a profession some day," he returned with a lordly air; "and as my sisters are rich, and Dinah is certainly not likely to marry, I think I may safely count on a pretty handsome allowance." "If you marry in accordance with your sister's wish, I should think you are right," returned Malcolm coolly.

"My dear fellow, would it not have been as well to find this out before you pledged yourself to the lady ?" "There was no necessity for that," replied Cedric; "Jacobi seemed quite satisfied with my prospects.

He is not a bit grasping.