Day out (2)

"Should I quit being a maid and become a dressmaker?" Sally stared in awe at the home Erin resided in. It was not as grand as the duke's home, but considerably large for someone whose source of income came from making dresses. "I'm starting to realize how expensive dresses really are and how much of a good business it is."

"These days it costs more money to buy a dress than jewelry. That is why I turn deaf when any of the women I am with ask me for a dress from certain dressmakers. What?" Caleb shrugged his shoulders when Alessandra and Sally looked at him. "I don't make as much money as the duke to be throwing it away on dresses as he does. I'd learn to make dresses before I buy one."