“Oh, when did she decide on her specialty?”
Exposition is the first thing to happen in the plot of a storyline, and sets up the story to come. Conflict is established Then comes rising action, then climax, then falling action, and finally resolution. Based on this, I would say the best guess is he sentence that says "on ripleys first day she proved to be just as good as Emily."
Today’s value are very different from values thousands of years ago. Both transportation and money have very different values and uses.