the 4th, it revealed that "Meeting his gaze that weighed up her beauty and priced it before offering the dowry" the definition of dowry is 'property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage" also, the man was most likely doing business with her father, it gives the reader some hints that the answer is 'Samia's father planned to charge Abboud Bey a price to marry his daughter' Hope it helped!
