But Helen did not mind his doing that, because she saw that his eyes were filled with tears.

She was delighted to find that she was making it very hard for him, too.
"At any moment," Philip said, "I may know whether I owe two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars which I can never pay, or whether I am worth about that sum.

I should like to continue this conversation at the exact place where you last spoke--AFTER I know whether I am going to jail, or whether I am worth a quarter of a million dollars." Helen laughed aloud with happiness.
"I knew that was it!" she cried.

"You don't like my money.

I was afraid you did not like ME.