Elinor laughed. "TWO thousand a year! ONE is my
wealth! I guessed how it would end."
"And yet two thousand a-year is a very moderate income,"
said Marianne. "A family cannot well be maintained on
a smaller. I am sure I am not extravagant in my demands.
A proper establishment of servants, a carriage, perhaps two,
and hunters, cannot be supported on less."
Elinor smiled again, to hear her sister describing
so accurately their future expenses at Combe Magna.