Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):

She did not care for him , and anyhow he , Jed , had a little too much pride to ask her , a rich woman , to marry him , a poor man who had lost all caste he ever possessed by taking up tin-peddling .<br>Jed was determined not to `` persoom . ''<br>And , oh , how deliciously romantic it all was !

Sentence: Jed was poor because he bought too much tin.
Available choices:
 (1). Yes
 (2). It's impossible to say
 (3). No