"You know what I mean," but he did make her smile, he always managed to with his colorful talk. She had missed him a great deal while she was away, and was happy to be home with him again. Life with papa was never dull. "I hope so, or else I might have to settle for someone lower and you know how it would pain me to have to do that." In all honesty, if she could not find herself a wealthy man she wouldn't marry at all. But then she may have to work and find her own place to live as she was sure she couldn't live off her father forever.
"Anyway, what about you? How have you and Jimmy been?" anything that would get her mind off her marriage woes was welcome, and she enjoyed hearing what he had been up to.