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To: Ilaine who wrote (85)10/13/1999 12:01:00 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 410
 
I don't think it has as much to do with money as with class- impoverished gentry were better than say, rich merchants- although eventually the impoverished gentry had to hold their noses and marry some captains of industry or all their great big houses would have fallen down about their ears.