Mattie finally announces the plan she’d hatched earlier but had kept to herself during the height of the crisis: to re-launch the coffeehouse in such a way that Eliza, her family, and Nell can be supported, too. This shows Mattie’s precocious but hard-won independence, as well as the business sense she’s inherited from her mother. Mattie still has her coffeehouse dreams, but she’s now channeled them toward sustaining the family business and benefiting others, not just herself.