Now that she had the chance, she determined to make the most of her triumph.

She would show people that she knew how to spend money; embellishment was the aim of her life, and she did show them.

Her toilets were the richest; her equipage was the handsomest and best appointed.

Her entertainments soon were among the most splendid in the city.
Those who were accustomed to wealth and to parade wondered both at Mrs.
Norman's tastes and at her gratification of them.
All the town applauded.

They had had no idea that the Wentworths, as rich as they knew them to be, had so much money.
"She must have Aladdin's lamp," they said.