Posted by Tom Napier on September 13, 2013 at 04:31:55 user Didymus.
In Reply to: Re: Water and Empire: Examination Paper posted by Duncan on September 13, 2013 at 04:03:17:
"...as we get the impression that Molly and Jim lived at Beckfoot with the Great Aunt, so it wasn't Bob Blackett's property but passed down the Turner line"
From which I, and doubtless others, have concluded that the GA inherited Beckfoot and still owns it. The terrified deference shown to her arises from the knowledge that, if sufficiently annoyed, she is capable of cutting Molly and Jim off with the proverbial shilling.