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Quotation from Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
“How naturally one falls back into the phraseology of Cranford! There, economy was always “elegant,” and money-spending always “vulgar and ostentatious”; a sort of sour-grapeism which made us very peaceful and satisfied.”
Cranford, Ch. I, Our Society (Project Gutenberg text (1904 Dent edition))
Mary explains the polite language by which Cranford hides its poverty.
Citation: "How naturally one falls back into the phraseology of Cranford! There, economy was always “elegant,” and money-spending always “vulgar and ostentatious”; a sort of sour-grapeism which made us very peaceful and satisfied." — Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, Ch. I, Our Society (Project Gutenberg text (1904 Dent edition)). (id cranford-q2)
Portrait: Elizabeth Gaskell, George Richmond, Public domain.
