She has seen nothing of the world, and what she has seen has been the least favourable side.

She has a perfectly enormous fortune, so ridiculously tied up that although I am never out of debt and always borrowing money, I cannot touch a penny of it, not even with her help.
Very soon she will be of age, and the amount of her fortune will be known.

I can assure you that it will be a surprise to every one." Andrew bowed his head indifferently.
"Very possibly," he answered, "and yet, madam, if your daughter has the wisdom to see that the matter of her wealth is after all but a trifle amongst the conditions which make for happiness, why should you deny her the benefits of that wisdom ?" "My dear friend," she continued earnestly, "for this reason--because Jeanne to-day is too young to choose for herself.

She has not got over that sickly sentimental age, when a girl makes a hero of anything unusual in the shape of a man, and finds a sort of unwholesome satisfaction in making sacrifices for his sake.

It may be that Jeanne may, after all, look to what you call the simple life for happiness.
Well, if she does that after a year or so, well and good.