Her demands were so high--that was all.

Daniel was proud of her and her position and her cleverness and was confident she would marry as well as she dressed.

He did not expect her to contribute towards the expenses of the household--though she did--for he felt he had broad shoulders.

He bore his father and mother on those shoulders, semi-invalids both.

In the bold bad years of shameless poverty, Hyams had been a wandering metropolitan glazier, but this open degradation became intolerable as Miriam's prospects improved.