to make it clear to Minnie how it was possible for her to have all of that, too—and clothes with spangles on—and silk things next to the skin, lingerie.
"Oh, God, I'm lucky," cried Minnie to herself as she hurried from the studio to wait at the street corner for Letcher. "Just as Nettie says, I was born with a gold horseshoe in my mouth."
