Perhaps she had nothing except her salary, then, whereas she must have saved up a lot of money by this time.

I have an idea that Ivor would have proposed to her when she was in London if he'd thought her success established." "Nonsense!" Di broke out, her cheeks very pink.

"As if Ivor were the kind of man to think of such a thing!" "He isn't very rich, and he is very ambitious.

It would be bad for him to marry a poor girl, or a girl who wasn't well connected socially.

He _has_ to think of such things." I watched the effect of these words, with my eyes half shut; for of course Di has all her mother's money, two hundred thousand English pounds; and through the Mountstuarts, and her aunt who is married to the Foreign Secretary, she has got to know all the best people in England.
Besides, the King and Queen have been particularly nice to her since she was presented, so she has the run of their special set, as well as the political and artistic, and "old-fashioned exclusive" ones.
"Ivor Dundas is a law unto himself," she said, "and he has plenty of good connections of his own.