I could do very well without it.

To those who had no resources it was a different thing; but my resources made me quite independent.

And as to smaller-sized rooms than I had been used to, I really could not give it a thought.

I hoped I was perfectly equal to any sacrifice of that description.

Certainly I had been accustomed to every luxury at Maple Grove; but I did assure him that two carriages were not necessary to my happiness, nor were spacious apartments.