She drew one out and turned over the linen.

How some young lady about to be married--Miss Paula Tyrrell, suppose--would have viewed with pitying astonishment the outfit with which Thyrza was more than content.

But Thyrza had never viewed marriage as an opportunity of enriching her wardrobe.
Having put her things away, she opened another drawer, and looked over some of Lydia's belongings.

She stroked them lightly, and returned each carefully to its place, saying to herself, 'Lyddy wants such and such a thing.

She'll have more money to spend on herself soon.