Or would it have been better if she had accepted the love as well as the
money which Hugh McNeil was so anxious to lay at her feet? She might have
learned to care for him in time, and to have found pleasure in a life
surrounded by all the joys that wealth can bestow. To have an abundance of
worldly goods, and to be exempt from the petty cares and economies which a
limited income necessitates, is a condition much to be desired, even where
no love exists to soften the heart of husband and wife, and in this case
Hugh McNeil could not be charged with possessing an unloving heart.
Dexie thinks she has made the wisest choice in accepting Guy Traverse and
marrying for love, but she has yet to face the question--Is mutual love
alone essential to secure a happy married life? or in the language of the
world:
"Does it pay to marry for love alone?"
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