You forget that the times may change, new people may come, the old order of things may pass altogether away.

Suppose, for instance, you were to lose your money ?" "I should not be sorry," Jeanne answered calmly.

"I should at least be sure that I was not any longer an article of merchandise.

I could lead my own life, and marry whom I pleased." The Princess laughed scornfully.
"Men do not take to themselves penniless brides nowadays," she remarked.
"Some men--" Jeanne began.
The Princess interrupted her.
"Bah!" she said.

"You are thinking of your island fisherman again.