She was sure of it.
And he was worth waiting for.

Oh, she could afford to be patient for Guy.

She did not, moreover, believe that her father would hold out for ever.

Also, and secretly this thought buoyed her up in rare moments of depression, in another two years--when she was twenty-five--she would inherit some money from her mother.

It was not a very large sum, but it would be enough to render her independent.