These women did not want to marry below their economic means, so they avoided marrying peasants, but they could not afford the dowry necessary to marry a wealthy member of the gentry.

• 这些女性不想嫁给那些比他们贫穷的人，所以他们避免和农民结婚，但是她们又负担不起嫁给一个贵族所必须承担的嫁妆。