Hereafter I stand in my own shoes, independent of everybody.
My father is the only person who has a right to give me help, and as he refuses absolutely to do anything more than pay my board, I must fall back on myself.

I didn't see these things in this same way when Uncle George paid my debts, or even when he took me into his home as his guest, but I do now." Something gave a little bound in Kate's heart.

This manly independence was one of the things she had in the old days hoped was in him.

What had come over her former lover, she wondered.
"And another thing, Kate"-- she was listening eagerly--she could not believe it was Harry who was speaking--"if you were to tell me this moment that you loved me again and would marry me, and I still be as I am to-day--outlawed by my father and dependent on charity--I would not do it.

I can't live on your money, and I have none of my own.
Furthermore, I owe dear Uncle George his money in such a way that I can never pay it back except I earn it, and that I can't do here.