You are married, you say; therefore you have not your _time_ and _fortune_ in your power as she has.
It is true; therefore you cannot spend _so much_ time, nor _so much_ money in the manner that she does.
But _Miranda_’s perfection does not consist in this, that she spends _so much_ time, or _so much_ money in such a manner, but that she is careful to make the best use of all the time and money which she has. Do you this, and then you are like _Miranda_.
If she has _two hundred pounds_ a year, and you have only _two mites_, have you not the more reason to be exceeding exact in the wisest use of it? If she has a great deal of time, and you have but a little, ought you not to be the more _watchful_ and _circumspect_, lest that _little_ should be lost?