There you probably have the measure of his scheming.

He knows quite well that he can never marry your daughter.

It is all a matter of price." Sir Arthur willingly allowed himself to be persuaded.

At the back of his head there was an uneasy consciousness that it was not "all a matter of price." If it were he would never trust a man's face again.
But Ventnor's well-balanced arguments swayed him.

The course indicated was the only decent one.