Angie was stunned by her mother"s words. Her dominant emotion of outrage came to her rescue. "To hell with "em, Mam! They"re a pair of b****y jumped-up nowts! They"ve absolutely no business coming down here waving their bits o" paper!"
Cath had great respect for her daughter"s fighting spirit. It had been largely Angie"s b****y-mindedness that had kept them on their land after her husband"s death. The last thing she wanted was to undermine her daughter"s efforts, but there was no obvious cure for their financial situation. She sighed. "We"ve no business down here either if we can"t pay the bank."
Angie tried to reassure her. "We"ll find a way. We"re farmers. Farmers are used to dealing with problems. Our accountant might come up with some ideas."
He might, if he wasn"t already in Harry
