Posted by Owen Roberts on February 22, 2008 at 16:37:10 from 91.125.244.240 user OwenRoberts.
In Reply to: This isn't about 'dinner' posted by Peter H on February 22, 2008 at 12:43:24:
"must have been mingled with disappointment at losing the chance to bill their mother for meals while they camped in the orchard".
Not as much as amount the prospectors could have charged her for saving her farm.
Also she was still supplying milk and did not need to cook their suppers and do the washing up. Probably a better reward to work done ratio depending on her meal charges.