Without thinking highly either of men or matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want.
Elle voyait dans le mariage la seule situation convenable pour une femme d’éducation distinguée et de fortune modeste, car, s’il ne donnait pas nécessairement le bonheur, il mettait du moins a l’abri des difficultés matérielles.