Thank you for reminding me about God." Then she lit her bedroom candle and went very gently up the stairs to her bedroom, but as she laid her head on the pillow she said to herself--"Even Hannah sees that we can't live on our income." The next morning early Primrose said rather abruptly to her two sisters-- "I have found out the meaning of Miss Martineau's fussiness and Mrs.
Ellsworthy's kindness.

They are both sorry for us girls, for they know we can't live on thirty pounds a year." "Oh, what nonsense!" said Jasmine; "any one can live on thirty pounds a year.

Didn't you see how Poppy opened her eyes when we mentioned it;--she thought it quite a lot of money, and said we could come to London out of the savings.

I am sure, Primrose, if any one ought to know, it is Poppy, for her mother is really very poor." "Mr.Danesfield, too, says we can't live on it," continued Primrose; "and when I asked Hannah last night, she said 'Of course not'-- that no one expected us to.

Now look here, Jasmine, this is all quite fresh to you and Daisy, but I'm accustomed to it, for I have known it for twenty-four hours, and what I say is this, if we can't live on our income we have got to make some more income to live on.