"Oh, I don't know. I've never handled money in my life. I've always
had everything I actually required right at my hand. I am afraid I am
absurdly ignorant about money. I never had any of my own."
As Margaret spoke, she glanced up to meet in Catherine's eyes a
puzzled, questioning expression which she failed to interpret.
"But surely you know that Mr. Leitzel is very rich?" said Catherine.
"It is such a relative term. My sister's family think themselves
awfully poor, but they live more comfortably and spend money more
freely than the Leitzels do. Of course I understand that you
Northerners are all more frugal than Southerners are," she ended
vaguely.