Not much, of course, but quite enough for what you want to do.
But,' she added, after the pause in which he reflected on this sum--it was a good deal less than he had taken for granted--'I don't think that Althea would marry you on that basis.

She is very proud and very romantic.

If you want her to marry you, you will have to make her feel that you care for her in herself.' It was her own pride that now steadied her pulses and steeled her nerves.

She would be as fair to Gerald's case as though he were her brother; she would be too fair, perhaps.

Here was the pitfall of her pride that she did not clearly see.
Perhaps it was with a grim touch of retribution that she promised herself that since he could think of Althea Jakes, he most certainly should have her.
'Yes, she is proud,' said Gerald.