"Ah, but I only said her mother wouldn't approve," Germaine started, holding a finger up indicating that Julius should wait a moment. "Her father hasn't said anything of his opinion yet."
He had to admit, he liked these words from Julius-- he remembered saying something similar to Penelope's own father some years ago. And of course, time had changed his wife's attitude toward marriage for her own daughters. "And her dowry? You do know that whichever young man marries her also receives a sizable sum upon the wedding day."