He had put forward this condition, perfectly sure that she would refuse to accept it.

He could not understand.
"You accept that condition ?" "Yes." Having gone thus far with her plot, Kitty would have died rather than retreated; Irish temperament.
Thomas was moved to a burst of confidence.

"I know that I am poor, and to the best of my belief, honest.

Moreover, perhaps I should be compelled by the exigencies of circumstance to leave you after a few months.

I am not a rich man, masquerading for the sport of it; I am really poor and grateful for any work.