At that moment, she heard Mrs. Taylor speak with an approving expression:
"If only our daughter could be as frugal as Laura. She spends all day fooling around outside, doesn't know how to manage a household. Which boy would ever want to marry you in the future?"
Hannah Taylor was used to her mother mocking her, so she just wrinkled her nose without arguing back.
Although Mrs. Taylor's words seemed to criticize Hannah, they effectively blocked Emma Williams from trying to show off to Laura Jones.
If she were to tell Laura that for wealthy girls like them, this amount of pocket money wasn't a big deal.
But once Mrs. Taylor said that, if she insisted on saying it, she'd clearly be contradicting Mrs. Taylor.
Emma felt a bit frustrated, thinking everyone was siding with Laura Jones.
At that moment, a servant came to announce that dinner was ready.
