He can give her a title.

She can give him money, without which the title would be useless.
On the instant he makes up his mind to risk the proposal.

In all probability she will say "No" to it.

But if not--if she accepts him--he swears to himself he will be true to her.
"The most dreadful thing you could do," says he, "would be to marry a man who did not love you." "Eh ?" says she.
She seems surprised.
"To marry a man, then, with whom you weren't in love!" "Oh, _that_, that's nothing," says she grandly.

"I'd do a great deal more than _that_ to get away from my uncle.