It was easier to suspect her of this than to imagine in the man qualities which would be worthy of her.
Easier and less degrading.

Because folly may be generous--could be nothing else but generosity in her; whereas to imagine her subjugated by something common was intolerable.
Because of the force of the physical impression he had received from her personality (and such impressions are the real origins of the deepest movements of our soul) this conception of her was even inconceivable.
But no Prince Charming has ever lived out of a fairy tale.

He doesn't walk the worlds of Fashion and Finance--and with a stumbling gait at that.

Generosity.

Yes.