If I had to pay three hundred a year for my house I could not keep a table.

My boys are too great a drain on me.

You are better off than we are, in proportion; there is no great drain on you now, after your house and carriage." "I assure you, Fanny, now that the children are growing up, I am obliged to cut and contrive," said Mrs.Gascoigne.

"I am not a good manager by nature, but Henry has taught me.

He is wonderful for making the best of everything; he allows himself no extras, and gets his curates for nothing.