Her ideas about money were rather vague, but they were very honest.

She knew she had none of her own, but supposed it was a husband's duty to find what would be needful.

She knew she had none of her own, and was therefore aware that she ought not to expect luxuries in the little household that was to be prepared for her.

She hoped, for his sake, that her uncle might give some assistance, but was quite prepared to prove that she could be a good poor man's wife.

In the old colloquies on such matters between her and her sister, she had always declared that some decent income should be considered as indispensable before love could be entertained.