"Of course I have got nothing." Here she paused. "Not a penny-piece in the world that I can call my own."
"Oh yes, you have."
"Nothing. Nothing!"
"You have your aunt's legacy?"
"No; I have not. She left me no legacy. But as that is between you and me, if we think of marrying each other, that would make no difference."
"None at all, of course."
"But in truth I have got nothing. Your mother said something to me about the Belton estate; as though there was some idea that possibly it might come to me."
"Your cousin himself seemed to think so."
"Frederic, do not let us deceive ourselves. There can be nothing of the kind. I could not accept any portion of the property from my cousin,—even though our marriage were to depend upon it."
"Of course it does not."