“Yes,” said the old woman to his visitor.
“I am proud of my girls and would like to see them comfortably married, and as I
have made a little money they will not go penniless to their husbands.
There is Mary, twenty-five years old, and a really good girl. I shall give her
$1000 when she marries.
Then comes Bet, who won’t see thirty-five again. I shall give her $3000 when she
marries.
And the man who takes Eliza, who is forty, will have $5000 with her.”
The young man reflected a moment and then asked, "what is your age?” |
