The Vision of Desire - Margaret Pedler - Bog

"[...] There was a long pause before he spoke again. "I've enough money to marry on, if it comes to that," he said at last, slowly. "Though we should certainly be comparatively poor. What you mean is that I'm not rich enough to satisfy you, I suppose?" She nodded. "Yes. I'm sick-sick of being poor! I've been poor all my life-always having to skimp and save and do things on the cheap-go without this and make shift with that. I'm tired of [...]."