"You think so now," rejoined St. John, "because you do not know what it is to possess, nor consequently to enjoy wealth: you cannot form a notion of the importance twenty thousand pounds would give you; of the place it would enable you to take in society; of the prospects it would open to you: you cannot--"
-Habla usted así -objetó John- porque no sabe lo que es la riqueza ni los goces que proporciona. No comprende bien lo que son veinte mil libras, el puesto que le darán en sociedad, las perspectivas que...