"I see now what you mean.

You believe she would marry me if I win out with the ditch.

Being practical, she would accept money as a substitute for love.

That reminds me: she herself once declared that if circumstances necessitated she could take a rich man for his riches." Bryant uttered a harsh laugh.

"My Lord, I was frightened lest in a fit of anguish at losing my love she should go to the devil!" Again he yielded to an outburst of laughter that made Imogene shudder.