"Judge Marshall is well-to-do, and
Karen's father--her mother is dead--settled $100,000 on her when she
married. She has complete control of her own money.... The Dunlaps are
the richest people in Hamilton, and have been for two or three
generations. Lois was 'first-family' but poor when she married Peter,
but he's been giving her an allowance of $20,000 a year for several
years--not for running the house, but for her personal use. Clothes,
charities, hobbies, like the Little Theater she brought Nita here to
organize--"
"I wouldn't say she spends a great deal of it on dress," Dundee
interrupted with a grin.
"Lois doesn't give a hang how she looks or what anyone thinks of
her--which is probably one reason she is the best-loved woman in our
crowd," Penny retorted loyally. "The Miles' money is really Flora's,
and she has the reputation of being one of the shrewdest business
'men' in town. When she married Tracey nearly eight years ago, he was
just a salesman in her father's business--the biggest dairy in the
state ... 'Cloverblossom' butter, cream, milk and cheese, you
know.... Well, when Flora married Tracey, her father retired and let
Tracey run the business for Flora, and he's still managing it, but Flora
is the real head...
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