Mrs. Garstin was a parsimonious woman. She flattered herself…
Mrs. Garstin was a parsimonious woman. She flattered herself that she could make as much how as any one else at half the price. She wrapped sparkling Moselle in a napkin and thought her guests took it for champagne. In this paragraph there is no example signal word, so the reader must infer that the last sentence is giving a specific examples of “a parsimonious woman.” What does “parsimonious” mean?
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