"Look at me, such as I am, and at yourself, and then say whether anything but misery could come of a match between you and me.
Our ages by the register are the same, but I am ten years older than you by the world.

I have two hundred a year, and I owe at this moment six hundred pounds.

You have, perhaps, double as much, and would lose half of that if you married.

You are an usher at school." "No, madam, I am not an usher at a school." "Well, well, you know I don't mean to make you angry." "At the present moment, I am a schoolmaster, and if I remain so, I might fairly look forward to a liberal income.

But I am going to give that up." "You will not be more fit for matrimony because you are going to give up your profession.