'No—why should he? If it was not allowable for him to gain my affections, because I had no money, what occasion could there be for making love to a girl whom he did not care about, and who was equally poor'?
" 没有的事,他为什么要那样?要说,他不愿意跟我相爱,就因为我没有钱,那么,他一向不关心的一个姑娘,一个同样穷的姑娘,他又有什么理由要去跟她谈恋爱呢?"