How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
What Lizzie Rose called her bedroom was in fact nothing of the kind. Grisini's lodgings consisted of two rooms: his private bedroom, and a large parlor. Parsefall slept in a nest of blankets before the parlor fire. When Lizzie Rose joined the household, Grisini—with the air of one offering the jewels of the Orient—purchased a straw mattress and invited her to share the hearth with Parsefall. (8.10)
Lizzie Rose and Parsefall live in circumstances quite different from those of Clara Wintermute. They don't even get their own rooms or nice mattresses, and they're lucky if there's a fire to warm them at all.
Quote #8
It was a mistake. Lizzie Rose raised her chin and reproached him with her eyes. "No, thank you, sir. That isn't what I came for." She gave the leashes a jerk, gathering the dogs into a pack. "Good evening, sir." And by the time the constable had found the appropriate coin, she had gone, her dignity hampered but not overcome by her retinue of unmanageable dogs. (11.25)
Lizzie Rose may be just a poor orphan, but that doesn't mean she'll act like a street urchin. When the policeman offers her money in exchange for information, she refuses, choosing to hang on to her dignity instead.
Quote #9
Lizzie Rose clasped the letter to her breast. She felt as if she were living in a play. In the theater, legacies arrived during the fifth act, when everything was at its worst. Some offstage person would die, clearing the pathway for a happy ending. A legacy meant rescue, luxury, and the promise of happiness. (24.13)
When Cassandra writes the letter to Lizzie Rose and Parsefall, she knows it will be irresistible. After all, these are poor orphans without many opportunities in life—they are delighted by the idea of being rich and well fed.