Royal is a cheapskate!

We all now that Royal is a jerk and doesn't really love Mattie for her, but I have found something even more appalling! (Maybe that was a little too dramatic...) Anyways, whenever Royal gets Mattie gifts, they're always cheap, secondhand, broken, the list goes on and on.

Supporting evidence:

"I opened it and saw a dull gold ring. It was set with three stones--a chipped opal flanked by two tiny garnets. It must've been pretty once." (Pg. 298)

"Someone else's name was written on the title page. I flipped through the pages. A few were stained." (Pg. 334)

Royal always, always only buys Mattie cheap, secondhand gifts. It shows that he doesn't care enough to try and get something better. Jerk.

-Jane