You cannot give her less because you care less for them; but how can she expect more ?" "I know, Enva, that the marriage contract here is an open bargain and sale, as among my race it is generally a veiled one.

But, the bargain made, does it really govern the after relation?
Do men really spend their wealth wholly on themselves, and take no pleasure in the pleasure of women ?" "Generally, I believe," Enva replied, "they fancy they have paid too much for their toy before they have possessed it long, and had rather buy a new one than make much of those they have.

Wives seldom look on the increase of a man's wealth as a gain to themselves.

Of course you like to see us prettily dressed, while you think us worth looking at in ourselves.

But as a rule our own income provides for that; and _we_ at any rate are better off than almost any women outside the Palace.
The Prince did not care, and knew it would not matter to you, what he gave to make his gift worthy of him and agreeable to you.