Lettie looked around at the number of students hanging around the cart. It really couldn't have been a year since she was first here...could it?

Yes. That, unfortunately, was true. The rather skinny and long-bodied girl counted whatever money she had in her pockets at that time. She wasn't one to keep handfulls of gold on her at all times, but maybe she should start with that sort of habit if she wanted to have enough from now on.