A Latin Reader

33. Man or Money?

Themis­to­clēs rogābā­tur utrum bonō virō pau­perī an minus probātō dīvitī fīliam con­locāre māl­let. “Ego vērō,” inquit, “mālō virum quī pecū­ni­am nōn habeat quam pecū­ni­am quae virum nōn habeat.”

&#9Verb of an indi­rect ques­tion, whether he would pre­fer to give his daughter.