"She is pretty, amiable, clever--and ever so rich.

Only think, Hetty--to be an heiress at twenty-one without anyone to keep you from doing just as you please! She has a country house in France, and a house in London, with a good old lady to take care of her, who does exactly what she bids her." "Mother did not say all that," said Phyllis.
"Oh! but I gathered it all from what she did say." "Is she an orphan then ?" asked Hetty.
"She has neither father, nor mother, nor brother, nor sister.

Now, Hetty, don't look as if that was a misfortune.

It is natural for you to feel it, of course.

But if you had houses, and horses, and carriages, and money, you would not think it so bad to be able to do what you liked." "Nell, I am shocked at you," said Miss Davis.