"You are a rich woman.

If you marry me, YOU will know, if nobody else does, that I am no fortune-hunter.

I shall always be independent of my wife.

Every dollar she owns shall be settled on her before I go with her to the altar." "Oh, I'm not thinking of the money," said Lucy impatiently.
"Then you are thinking of me!" He leaned over her.

She felt as if she had been suddenly dragged too close to a big unpleasant fire.