She nodded. "I did. My family. Well, if you know the name, then you know," she admitted. She didn't like to talk about their money problems or how her mother's spending habits meant there was quite a bit less than there had been.
"My mother likes us to appear in society but my younger two siblings are a bit wild, I think. She indulges them. Sometimes it torments my older sister to see them act so. And my father, well, he knows my mother's faults but he loves her with all his heart..."
She took a deep breath and composed herself. "I guess I try to make up for that by trying to be more proper but then I'll read something or start talking politics at a party or critique a matron's dress..." She gave Effie a helpless smile and laughed softly. "After Jennifer was matched, I couldn't stand it without her to lean on. I thought LeChance would be a good place to get a new start."