She had a turn for traffic, and a marked propensity for saving; shown not only in the vending of eggs and chickens, but also in driving hard bargains with the gardener about flower-roots, seeds, and slips of plants; that functionary having orders from Mrs. Reed to buy of his young lady all the products of her parterre she wished to sell: and Eliza would have sold the hair off her head if she could have made a handsome profit thereby.
Jó üzleti érzéke volt, és nagyon szerette a pénzt. Ez a hajlama nemcsak abban mutatkozott, hogy tojást és csirkét adott el a háztartásnak, hanem abban is, hogy a kertésszel üzleti összeköttetésben állott.