I did not altogether appreciate it at the time, but now I shudder to think that I might have had either to 'fend for myself' or be dependent." "I don't think that dependence would have suited your book," was John's comment as he took in the lines of her clear-cut face.
"No," she replied, "and I thank heaven that I have not had to endure it.
I am not," she added, "so impressed with what money procures for people as what it saves them from." "Yes," said John, "I think your distinction is just.

To possess it is to be free from some of the most disagreeable apprehensions certainly, but I confess, whether to my credit or my shame I don't know, I have never thought much about it.

I certainly am not rich positively, and I haven't the faintest notion whether I may or not be prospectively.

I have always had as much as I really needed, and perhaps more, but I know absolutely nothing about the future." They were leaning over the rail on the port side.
"I should think," she said after a moment, looking at him thoughtfully, "that it was, if you will not think me presuming, a matter about which you might have some justifiable curiosity." "Oh, not at all," he assured her, stepping to leeward and producing a cigar.

"I have had some stirrings of late.