"Do you need that very much? I'd rather you'd start—"
"Oh, Bojo, why? If you've got that, why shouldn't I?"
He wavered before this argument.
"I would rather, Doris, we started on less, on what I myself have got. I've thought it over a good deal. I think it would mean a great deal to us to start out that way—to have me feel you were by my side, helping me. It is pride, but pride means all to a man, Doris."
"If I only used it for dresses and jewels—just for myself?" she said after a moment. "You want me to look as beautiful as the other women, and we aren't going to drop out of society, are we?"
"No. Keep it then," he said abruptly.
"I won't take a cent from father," she said virtuously, and was furious when he laughed.
"And you are willing to give up all the rest, now, and be just plain Mrs. Crocker?"
She nodded, watching him askance.
"When?"