Other men had wooed and pleaded, but she had ever mentally compared them with Graydon, and they had appeared insignificant.

She had felt sure for a long time that he would eventually be at her feet, and she had never decided to refuse him.

Now she was ready to accept but for this ominous "if," which her father had emphasized.

She could not think of marrying him should he become a poor man.
She neither liked nor disliked Mr.Arnault.He was a man of the world, reported wealthy, established in a large but not very conservative business.

He had the name of being a little fast and speculative, but she was accustomed to that style of man.