Classism affects people in poverty because study’s shown that they get judged, degraded etc because they are not “high class”.
A good word can be self-congratulatory or maybe decieving
The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "•he intends to take her as his second wife." "she is a superior woman" these lines most likely reveal about fathers feelings for miss whitlaw is that •he intends to take her as his second wife.