When the stranger arrives, what clues can the reader use to make an inference that Mrs. White believes he is rich? What inference can the reader make about why Mrs. White believes the stranger has come?

Mrs. White notes the stranger is well dressed, "she noticed that the stranger was well dressed and wore a silk hat of glossy newness." I think she expected good news, perhaps the money Mr. White wished for, because she seemed to be readying herself to receive it,

He gazed at her furtively, and listened in a preoccupied fashion as the old lady apologized for the appearance of the room, and her husband's coat, a garment which he usually reserved for the garden.