| Quote #1 We went upstairs and Hattie had to look everywhere. She opened the wardrobe in Mother's room and, before I could stop her, ran her hands over Mother's gowns. When we got back to the hall, she announced, "Forty-two windows and a fireplace in every room. The windows must have cost a trunkful of gold KJs." (3.29) |
Hattie's almost as bad as Olive. She's much more calculating in her greed—literally, the kid must have a calculator in her brain to be speculating on how much money went into the manor Ella lives in.
| Quote #2 "I'll write a letter to the headmistress, which I shall entrust to you, along with a purse filled with enough KJs to stop her protests against a last-minute pupil." (5.28) |
Ella's dad, being greedy himself, knows how to get along with other greedy people, like the headmistress of the finishing school. Guess it takes one to know one.
| Quote #3 Areida was my only comfort. … She told me about her parents, who kept an inn. They weren't wealthy, another reason she was unpopular. (11.40) |
Not being rich means you don't get admitted to the Cool Girls Club at finishing school. Which is, like, totally a bummer. Not.