I'm getting, merely at the price of a little lying and a little shuddering, what most people can't get at any price." "But he hasn't any money," objected Lucia.
"If he had, no doubt you'd find him quite tolerable.

Even you--a young innocent." "It does make a difference," admitted Lucia.

"You see, people have to have money or they can't live like gentlemen and ladies." "That's it," laughed Margaret.

"What's a little thing like self-respect beside ease and comfort and luxury?
As grandmother said, a lady who'd put anything before luxury has lost her self-respect." "Everybody that's nice ought to have money," declared Lucia.

"Then the world would be beautiful, full of love and romance, with everybody clean and well-dressed and never in a hurry." But Margaret seemed not to hear.