33/33 You are in debt to some worthy woman to the extent of half your income. It will be better for you.' 'And do you suppose,' asked Everard, with a smile of indulgence, 'that I could marry on four hundred and fifty a year. A wife _might_ be acceptable to me; but marriage with poverty--I know myself and the world too well for that.' 'Poverty!' screamed the mathematician. 'Four hundred and fifty pounds!' 'Grinding poverty--for married people.' Micklethwaite burst into indignant eloquence, and Everard sat listening with the restrained smile on his lips.. |