But they die by the time she turns twenty, and she has to make her way in the world alone, at first with the help of a small independent income, which in the course of the novel is wiped out in a crash.
But they die by the time she turns twenty, and she has to make her way in the world alone. At first she relies on a small independent income, her father having been improvident, but in the course of the novel this is wiped out in a crash.