"Let us be frank with one another. Why do you wish to marry me?"
"I am not conscious of having expressed any wish of the kind. I merely suggest that if I were your wife, in time, your neck would be saved. Otherwise----"
I allowed the sentence to remain unfinished.
"I am not a prize in the matrimonial market."
"I have not inferred that you were. However, that is a question of the point of view."
"And your point of view is?"
"You have certain things I want."
"As for instance?"
"You have position--I have money."
"What sort of position do you imagine me to have?"