But she discovered that the old lady who lived in the old mansion on Washington Square was "Mrs.Wentworth," and that Mrs.Wentworth occupied a position from which she was not to be moved.

After a little she herself was known as "Mrs.Norman." It was the first time Mrs.
Norman had ever had command of much money.

Her mother had made a good appearance and dressed her daughter handsomely, but to carry out her plans she had had to stint and scrape to make both ends meet.

Mrs.
Caldwell told one of her friends that her rings knew the way to the pawnbroker's so well that if she threw them in the street they would roll into his shop.
This struggle Louise had witnessed with that easy indifference which was part her nature and part her youth.

She had been brought up to believe she was a beauty, and she did believe it.