Rose gave her friend a grateful smile. "Thanks, I hope that will help." She did think Pearl was rather naive. Surely she understood little about how money could make someone happy, never having worried about money in her life. Rose would certainly toss herself at someone wealthy without a second thought if they proposed to marry her. Love could die. A husband could die. But if there was money, a whole lot of other terrible things would not happen. But she didn't say anything, not wishing her friend to feel mocked. Pearl was humble enough to stoop down to her lot. Rose had no right to correct her. And so she just sipped her tea. "Do you like babies?" she asked, to steer the conversation in a different direction.